English Standard Version
Ezekiel 32:8
8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 32:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
- New International Version (NIV)All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you, And bring darkness upon your land,” Says the Lord God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will darken the bright stars overhead and cover your land in darkness. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
Context of Ezekiel 32:8
6I will drench the land even to the mountains with your flowing blood, and the ravines will be full of you. 7When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord God. 9"I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known. 10I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:8 word by word
כָּל־מְא֤וֹרֵי אוֹר֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם אַקְדִּירֵ֖ם עָלֶ֑יךָ וְנָתַ֤תִּי חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ עַֽל־אַרְצְךָ֔ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- All the brightמָאוֹרmâ'ôr mâ'ôr me'ôrâh me'ôrâh · lightH3974
- lightsאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
- of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- will I make darkקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
- over thee, and setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
- upon thy landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And set darkness upon thy land - As I did when a former king refused to let my people go to the wilderness to worship me. I will involve thee, and thy house, and thy people, and the whole land, in desolation and wo.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8As in the previous chapter, Pharaoh’s downfall would bring global darkness and widespread mourning. These images were often linked to the day of the Lord (see Joel 2:30). In this case, the darkness would also remind the Egyptians of the plague during the exodus (Exodus 10:21–22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. The twelfth year from the carrying away of Jehoiachin; Jerusalem was by this time overthrown, and Amasis was beginning his revolt against Pharaoh-hophra.Read the comment
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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
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