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.’
• 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.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)Down in the grave mighty leaders will mockingly welcome Egypt and its allies, saying, ‘They have come down; they lie among the outcasts, hordes slaughtered by the sword.’

Context of Ezekiel 32:21

19'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.' 20They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes. 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.' 22"Assyria is there, and all her company, its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, 23whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who 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 32:27And they do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living.
• Isaiah 1:31And the strong shall become tinder, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.
• Luke 16:23and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
• Ezekiel 32:19'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'
• Numbers 16:30But if the Lord creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord."
• Psalms 9:17The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
• Psalms 55:15Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds 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
• Vex
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• 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