Ezekiel 32:19

Ezekiel 32:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
• New International Version (NIV)Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.’

Context of Ezekiel 32:19

17It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes. 21The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

Ezekiel 32:19 word by word

מִמִּ֖י נָעָ֑מְתָּ רְדָ֥ה וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה אֶת־עֲרֵלִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• goיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• laidשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• uncircumcisedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:19

• Ezekiel 27:3and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.
• Ezekiel 28:12Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
• Ezekiel 31:2Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
• Ezekiel 32:21The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
• Ezekiel 28:10Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• 1 Samuel 17:26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
• Jeremiah 9:25Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Whom dost thou pass in beauty? - How little does it signify, whether a mummy be well embalmed, wrapped round with rich stuff, and beautifully painted on the outside, or not. Go down into the tombs, examine the niches, and see whether one dead carcass be preferable to another.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19whom dost thou pass in beauty? - Thou art not more beautiful than other nations: thou shalt not escape their fate.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-32Verses 17-32 Divers nations are mentioned as gone down to the grave before Egypt, who are ready to give her a scornful reception; these nations had been lately ruined and wasted. But though Judah and Jerusalem were about this time ruined and laid waste, yet they are not mentioned here. Though they suffered the same affliction, and by the same hand, yet the kind design for which they were afflicted, and the mercy God reserved for them, altered its nature…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20In an earlier message (Ezekiel 31:17–18), God said that Egypt would go down to join other nations in the place of the dead. Here that idea is explained more fully. Egypt would share the fate of those who were rejected and those killed by the sword. They would go to the Pit, a word that describes the place of the dead. This place of judgment was already filled with many nations. These nations were once powerful, but they had fallen and been destroyed…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Whom dost thou pass in beauty?--Beautiful as thou art, thou art not more so than other nations, which nevertheless have perished. go down, &c.--to the nether world, where all "beauty" is speedily marred.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Vex
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings