Ezekiel 32:6

Ezekiel 32:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
• New International Version (NIV)I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will drench the land even to the mountains with your flowing blood, and the ravines will be full of you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, Even to the mountains; And the riverbeds will be full of you.

Context of Ezekiel 32:6

4I will leave you on the ground, I will fling you on the open field, I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you. 5I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass. I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your blood. 7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine. 8I will darken all the lights in the sky over you, and I will darken your land, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 32:6 word by word

וְהִשְׁקֵיתִ֨י אֶ֧רֶץ צָפָתְךָ֛ מִדָּמְךָ֖ אֶל־הֶֽהָרִ֑ים וַאֲפִקִ֖ים יִמָּלְא֥וּן מִמֶּֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will also waterשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: wateringH8248
• with thy bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• wherein thou swimmestצָפָהtsâphâh · dischargeH6824
• to the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and the riversאָפִיק'âphîyq · channelH650
• shall be fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:6

• Exodus 7:17Thus says the Lord: “By this you will know that I am the Lord: I am going to strike the water of the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood.
• Isaiah 34:3Their slain will be left unburied, their corpses will stink; the hills will soak up their blood.
• Revelation 14:20Then the winepress was stomped outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses’ bridles for a distance of almost two hundred miles.
• Revelation 16:6because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The land wherein thou swimmest - Egypt; so called, because intersected with canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6mountains … valleys … mountains … ravines: In Hebrew, this is a literary device called a merism (a way of naming the outer parts to include everything in between). It shows both the boundaries and all that lies within them. Here, it emphasizes that God’s judgment would cover the whole land. The description of destruction uses hyperbole (intentional exaggeration). This strong language shows that Egypt’s defeat would be complete.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. land wherein thou swimmest--Egypt: the land watered by the Nile, the the source of its fertility, wherein thou swimmest (carrying on the image of the crocodile, that is, wherein thou dost exercise thy wanton power at will). Irony. The land shall still afford seas to swim in, but they shall be seas of blood. Alluding to the plague (Ex 7:19; Re 8:8). Havernick translates, "I will water the land with what flows from thee, even thy blood, reaching to the…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• River
• Vex
• Dragon
• Isaiah
• Watercourse

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