Ezekiel 32:20

Ezekiel 32:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
• New International Version (NIV)They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword; She is delivered to the sword, Drawing her and all her multitudes.

Context of Ezekiel 32:20

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. 19Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. They 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. 22Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;

Ezekiel 32:20 word by word

בְּת֥וֹךְ חַלְלֵי־חֶ֖רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ חֶ֣רֶב נִתָּ֔נָה מָשְׁכ֥וּ אוֹתָ֖הּ וְכָל־הֲמוֹנֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• drawמָשַׁךְmâshak · to drawH4900
• multitudesהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:20

• Ezekiel 32:23whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
• Ezekiel 29:8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.
• Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
• Proverbs 24:11Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
• Jeremiah 22:19He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20She is delivered to the sword - Rather, the sword is put forth. Draw her down as one dragged to execution.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. 2020. she is delivered to the sword--namely, by God. draw her--as if addressing her executioners: drag her forth to death.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