Ezekiel 32:20

Ezekiel 32:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
• New International Version (NIV)They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword; She is delivered to the sword, Drawing her and all her multitudes.

Context of Ezekiel 32:20

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; 19‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.’ They 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.’ 22“Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are all around her. All of them killed, fallen by the sword,

Ezekiel 32:20 word by word

בְּת֥וֹךְ חַלְלֵי־חֶ֖רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ חֶ֣רֶב נִתָּ֔נָה מָשְׁכ֥וּ אוֹתָ֖הּ וְכָל־הֲמוֹנֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• They shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of those who are killedחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• She is turnedנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• draggedמָשַׁךְmâshak · to drawH4900
• her and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• her hordesהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:20

• Ezekiel 32:23whose graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them killed, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.
• Ezekiel 29:8‘Therefore the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life.
• Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who practice injustice, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.
• Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!
• Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried with a donkey’s burial, Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20She is delivered to the sword - Rather, the sword is put forth. Draw her down as one dragged to execution.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. 2020. she is delivered to the sword--namely, by God. draw her--as if addressing her executioners: drag her forth to death.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