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, 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. 19Say to them, ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!’ They 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.’ 22“Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword.

Ezekiel 32:20 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• she is deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• drawמָשַׁךְmâshak · to drawH4900
• her and all her multitudesהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:20

• Ezekiel 32:23Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.
• Ezekiel 29:8“‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.
• Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!
• Proverbs 24:11Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.
• Jeremiah 22:19He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside 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