Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 32:20
20They will fall among those slain by the sword. A sword is appointed! They drag her and all her hordes away.
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
18“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld, to be with those who descend to the Pit: 19Who do you surpass in loveliness? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised! They will fall among those slain by the sword. A sword is appointed! They drag her and all her hordes away. 21Warrior leaders will speak from the middle of Sheol about him and his allies: ‘They have come down; the uncircumcised lie slain by the sword.’ 22“Assyria is there with her whole assembly; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:20 word by word
בְּת֥וֹךְ חַלְלֵי־חֶ֖רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ חֶ֣רֶב נִתָּ֔נָה מָשְׁכ֥וּ אוֹתָ֖הּ וְכָל־הֲמוֹנֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:20
- Ezekiel 32:23Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit, and her assembly is all around her burial place. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword — those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 29:8“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword against you and cut off both people and animals from you.
- Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with the evildoers, who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
- Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being taken off to death, and save those stumbling toward slaughter.
- Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside Jerusalem’s gates.
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
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
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