Ezekiel 32:19

Ezekiel 32:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
• New International Version (NIV)Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.’

Context of Ezekiel 32:19

17In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18“Son of man, lament for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the mighty nations, to the netherworld, with those who go down to the pit; ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.’ 20They shall fall in the midst of those who are killed by the sword. She is turned over to the sword; they have dragged her and all her hordes away. 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, killed by the sword.’

Ezekiel 32:19 word by word

מִמִּ֖י נָעָ֑מְתָּ רְדָ֥ה וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה אֶת־עֲרֵלִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Whomמִיmîy · who?H4310
• do you surpassנָעֵםnâ‛êm · be pleasantH5276
• do you surpassמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• Goיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• and makeשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• uncircumcisedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:19

• Ezekiel 27:3and say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
• Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
• Ezekiel 31:2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes, ‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come; It stirs the spirits of the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
• Ezekiel 32:21The 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, killed by the sword.’
• Ezekiel 28:10You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”
• 1 Samuel 17:26Then David said to the men who were standing by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and rids Israel of the disgrace? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he has dared to defy the armies of the living God?”
• Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised--

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Whom dost thou pass in beauty? - How little does it signify, whether a mummy be well embalmed, wrapped round with rich stuff, and beautifully painted on the outside, or not. Go down into the tombs, examine the niches, and see whether one dead carcass be preferable to another.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19whom dost thou pass in beauty? - Thou art not more beautiful than other nations: thou shalt not escape their fate.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. 18-20In an earlier message (Ezekiel 31:17–18), God said that Egypt would go down to join other nations in the place of the dead. Here that idea is explained more fully. Egypt would share the fate of those who were rejected and those killed by the sword. They would go to the Pit, a word that describes the place of the dead. This place of judgment was already filled with many nations. These nations were once powerful, but they had fallen and been destroyed…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Whom dost thou pass in beauty?--Beautiful as thou art, thou art not more so than other nations, which nevertheless have perished. go down, &c.--to the nether world, where all "beauty" is speedily marred.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Vex
• 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