Ezekiel 32:14

Ezekiel 32:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I will let her waters settle and make her streams flow like oil, declares the Sovereign Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord God.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then I will let the waters of Egypt become calm again, and they will flow as smoothly as olive oil, says the Sovereign Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 32:14

12I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them most ruthless of nations. "They shall bring to ruin the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude shall perish. 13I will destroy all its beasts from beside many waters; and no foot of man shall trouble them anymore, nor shall the hoofs of beasts trouble them. Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, declares the Lord God. 15When I make the land of Egypt desolate, and when the land is desolate of all that fills it, when I strike down all who dwell in it, then they will know that I am the Lord. 16This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord God."

Ezekiel 32:14 word by word

אָ֚ז אַשְׁקִ֣יעַ מֵֽימֵיהֶ֔ם וְנַהֲרוֹתָ֖ם כַּשֶּׁ֣מֶן אוֹלִ֑יךְ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will I make their watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• deepשָׁקַעshâqa‛ · to sinkH8257
• and cause their riversנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• to runיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• like oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Cause their rivers to run like oil - Bring the whole state into quietness, there being no longer a political hippopotamus to foul the waters - to disturb the peace of the country.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14A promise of a return of God‘s favor. This concerns not the restoration of Egypt‘s original power, but the establishment of the Divine Ruler in the place of a pagan God-opposing power.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The great sea monster (Ezekiel 32:2), a picture of Pharaoh, would no longer struggle in the river and stir up the mud like an angry crocodile. After Pharaoh’s death, the waters of Egypt would become calm again. They would flow smoothly and quietly, like oil poured out. The land would be silent and still, like the quietness that follows death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. make their waters deep--rather, "make ... to subside"; literally, "sink" [Fairbairn]. like oil--emblem of quietness. No longer shall they descend violently on other countries as the overflowing Nile, but shall be still and sluggish in political action.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Egypt
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• Isaiah
• Oil

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