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 day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18“Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit. Say to them, ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!’ 20They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; they carry her and all her hordes away. 21The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’

Ezekiel 32:19 word by word

מִמִּ֖י נָעָ֑מְתָּ רְדָ֥ה וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה אֶת־עֲרֵלִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whom dost thou pass in beautyנָעֵםnâ‛êm · be pleasantH5276
• go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• and be thou laidשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• with the uncircumcisedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:19

• Ezekiel 27:3Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”
• Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
• Ezekiel 31:2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes: “‘Who are you like in your greatness?
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
• Ezekiel 32:21The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’
• Ezekiel 28:10You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
• 1 Samuel 17:26David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”
• Jeremiah 9:25The Lord says, “Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.

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