Ezekiel 32:21

Ezekiel 32:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
• New International Version (NIV)From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: 'They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: ‘They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’

Context of Ezekiel 32:21

19Who do you surpass in loveliness? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised! 20They will fall among those slain by the sword. A sword is appointed! They drag her and all her hordes away. Warrior 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. 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 32:21 word by word

יְדַבְּרוּ־ל֞וֹ אֵלֵ֧י גִבּוֹרִ֛ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ שְׁא֖וֹל אֶת־עֹֽזְרָ֑יו יָֽרְד֛וּ שָׁכְב֥וּ הָעֲרֵלִ֖ים חַלְלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The strongאֵל'êl · GodH410
• among the mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• shall speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• to him out of the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• with them that helpעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
• him: they are gone downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• they lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• uncircumcisedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:21

• Ezekiel 32:27They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads and their shields rested on their bones, although the terror of these warriors was once in the land of the living.
• Isaiah 1:31The strong one will become tinder, and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to extinguish the flames.
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is eager to greet your coming, stirring up the spirits of the departed for you — all the rulers of the earth — making all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
• Luke 16:23And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.
• Ezekiel 32:19Who do you surpass in loveliness? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!
• Numbers 16:30But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.”
• Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol — all the nations that forget God.
• Psalms 55:15Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Out of the midst of hell - שאול sheol, the catacombs, the place of burial. There is something here similar to Isaiah 14:9, where the descent of the king of Babylon to the state of the dead is described.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The uncircumcised - throughout this dirge is equivalent to pagan viewed as impure (Ezekiel 31:18 note).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. 21-30Assyria … Elam … Meshech and Tubal … Edom … the leaders of the north and the Sidonians: In the past, these nations filled people with fear. Now they are described as weak shadows of what they once were. Their power is gone, and they exist in a place without joy or purpose. Assyria had been defeated by the Babylonians and the Medes between 627 and 609 BC. After that time, it was no longer a great world power.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (Eze 31:16). Ezekiel has before his eyes Is 14:9, &c. shall speak to him--with "him" join "with them that help him"; shall speak to him and his helpers with a taunting welcome, as now one of themselves.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 32:21

• Hell

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
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• Eschatology of the Old Testament
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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