God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 32:5
5I will scatter your flesh on the hills and fill the valleys with your rotting corpse.
Ezekiel 32:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
- New International Version (NIV)I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will strew your flesh upon the mountains and fill the valleys with your carcass.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will lay your flesh on the mountains, And fill the valleys with your carcass.
Context of Ezekiel 32:5
3“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: When many nations gather together, I will spread my net over you, and they will haul you up in a net. 4I will throw you on the ground and toss you into an open field. I will make birds perch on you, and wild animals from all over the earth will feed on you. I will scatter your flesh on the hills and fill the valleys with your rotting corpse. 6I will drench the earth with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains. Ravines will be filled with your dead body. 7“ ‘When I put out your light, I will cover the sky and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with clouds, and the moon won’t shine anymore.
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:5 word by word
וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־בְּשָׂרְךָ֖ עַל־הֶֽהָרִ֑ים וּמִלֵּאתִ֥י הַגֵּאָי֖וֹת רָמוּתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And fill the valleys with thy height - Some translate, with the worms, which should proceed from the putrefaction of his flesh.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The prophet passes from the image of the crocodile to that of dead bodies of the slain heaped up on the land. Some render “height,” “foulness.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6mountains … valleys … mountains … ravines: In Hebrew, this is a literary device called a merism (a way of naming the outer parts to include everything in between). It shows both the boundaries and all that lies within them. Here, it emphasizes that God’s judgment would cover the whole land. The description of destruction uses hyperbole (intentional exaggeration). This strong language shows that Egypt’s defeat would be complete.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. thy height--thy hugeness [Fairbairn]. The great heap of corpses of thy forces, on which thou pridest thyself. "Height" may refer to mental elevation, as well as bodily [Vatablus].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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