Ezekiel 32:23

Ezekiel 32:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
• New International Version (NIV)Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Their graves are in the depths of the pit, and they are surrounded by their allies. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have been slaughtered by the sword.

Context of Ezekiel 32:23

21The 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, whose 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. 24"Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. 25They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are placed among the slain.

Ezekiel 32:23 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִתְּנ֤וּ קִבְרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ בְּיַרְכְּתֵי־ב֔וֹר וַיְהִ֣י קְהָלָ֔הּ סְבִיב֖וֹת קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ כֻּלָּ֤ם חֲלָלִים֙ נֹפְלִ֣ים בַּחֶ֔רֶב אֲשֶׁר־נָתְנ֥וּ חִתִּ֖ית בְּאֶ֥רֶץ חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whose gravesקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• are setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• in the sidesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• and her companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• is round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• her graveקְבֻרָהqebûrâh qebûrâh · tombH6900
• all of them slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• terrorחִתִּיתchittîyth · terrorH2851
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:23

• Ezekiel 26:20then I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty in the land of the living.
• Isaiah 14:15But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.
• Ezekiel 32:24"Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
• Ezekiel 26:17And they will raise a lamentation over you and say to you, "'How you have perished, you who were inhabited from the seas, O city renowned, who was mighty on the sea; she and her inhabitants imposed their terror on all her inhabitants!
• Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
• Isaiah 51:12"I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,
• Job 28:13Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living.
• Psalms 27:13I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!
• Psalms 116:9I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
• Psalms 142:5I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
• Isaiah 38:11I said, I shall not see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
• Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more."

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit - Alluding to the niches in the sides of the subterranean caves or burying-places, where the bodies are laid. These are numerous in Egypt.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. 2323. in the sides of the pit--Sepulchres in the East were caves hollowed out of the rock, and the bodies were laid in niches formed at the sides. Maurer needlessly departs from the ordinary meaning, and translates, "extremities" (compare Is 14:13, 15). which caused terror--They, who alive were a terror to others, are now, in the nether world, themselves a terrible object to behold.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Cave
• Egypt
• Vex
• Death
• 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