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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Ezekiel 32:23

21The strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol, ‘They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’ 22“Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are round about her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, whose graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit and her company is round about her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living. 24“Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who instilled their terror in the land of the living and bore their disgrace with those who went down to the pit. 25They have made a bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it, they are all uncircumcised, slain by the sword (although their terror was instilled in the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; they were put in the midst of 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

• whoseאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• gravesקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• are setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• in the remotestיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• and her companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• is roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• her graveקְבֻרָהqebûrâh qebûrâh · tombH6900
• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of them are 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 bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.
• Isaiah 14:15Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.
• Ezekiel 32:24“Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who instilled their terror in the land of the living and bore their disgrace with those who went down to the pit.
• Ezekiel 26:17They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you, ‘How you have perished, O inhabited one, From the seas, O renowned city, Which was mighty on the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who imposed her terror On all her inhabitants!
• Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
• Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies And of the son of man who is made like grass,
• Job 28:13Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
• Psalms 27:13I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.
• Psalms 116:9I shall walk before the Lord In the land of the living.
• Psalms 142:5I cried out to You, O Lord; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
• Isaiah 38:11I said, “I will not see the Lord, The Lord in the land of the living; I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
• Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, And 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

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• Eschatology of the Old Testament
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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