God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 32:7
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.
Ezekiel 32:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
- New International Version (NIV)When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light.
Context of Ezekiel 32:7
5I 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. “ ‘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. 8I will darken all the lights shining in the sky above you. I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Almighty Lord. 9“ ‘I will make many people troubled when I spread the news of your destruction among the nations to countries that you haven’t heard of.
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:7 word by word
וְכִסֵּיתִ֤י בְכַבּֽוֹתְךָ֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וְהִקְדַּרְתִּ֖י אֶת־כֹּֽכְבֵיהֶ֑ם שֶׁ֚מֶשׁ בֶּעָנָ֣ן אֲכַסֶּ֔נּוּ וְיָרֵ֖חַ לֹא־יָאִ֥יר אוֹרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when I shall put thee outכָּבָהkâbâh · to quenchH3518
- I will coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- and makeקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
- the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
- the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
- with a cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
- and the moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
- shall not giveאוֹר'ôr · to lightH215
- her lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:7
- Job 18:5“Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire stops glowing.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of righteous people beams brightly, but the lamp of wicked people will be snuffed out.
- Ezekiel 30:3The day is near. The day of the Lord is near. It will be a gloomy day, a time of trouble for the nations.
- Exodus 10:21Then the Lord said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky, and a darkness ⌞so thick⌟ that it can be felt will come over Egypt.”
- Isaiah 13:10The stars in the sky and their constellations won’t show their light anymore. The sun will be dark when it rises. The moon won’t shine.
- Isaiah 34:4All the stars in the sky will rot. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll. The stars will fall like leaves from a grapevine, like green figs from a fig tree.
- Jeremiah 13:16Honor the Lord your God before it gets dark, before your feet stumble on the mountains in the twilight. You will look for light, but the Lord will turn it into the shadow of death and change it into deep darkness.
- Joel 2:2It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and overcast skies. A large and mighty army will spread over the mountains like the dawn. Nothing like this has ever happened. Nothing like this will ever happen again.
- Joel 3:15The sun and the moon will turn dark. The stars will no longer shine.
- Amos 8:9On that day, declares the Almighty Lord, I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
- Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not give light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.
- Revelation 6:12I watched as the lamb opened the sixth seal. A powerful earthquake struck. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair. The full moon turned as red as blood.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I will cover the heaven - Destroy the empire. Make the stars thereof dark - Overwhelm all the dependent states. I will cover the sun - The king himself. And the moon shall not give her light - The queen may be meant, or some state less than the kingdom.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. 77. put thee out--extinguish thy light (Job 18:5). Pharaoh is represented as a bright star, at the extinguishing of whose light in the political sky the whole heavenly host is shrouded in sympathetic darkness. Here, too, as in Eze 32:6, there is an allusion to the supernatural darkness sent formerly (Ex 10:21-23). The heavenly bodies are often made images of earthly dynasties (Is 13:10; Mt 24:29).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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