Ezekiel 32:14

Ezekiel 32:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, declares the Lord God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord God.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then I will let the waters of Egypt become calm again, and they will flow as smoothly as olive oil, says the Sovereign Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 32:14

12I will cause your hordes to fall by the swords of mighty men— the most ruthless of all nations. They will shatter the pride of Egypt, and all her hordes will be overthrown. 13I will destroy all her cattle from beside abundant waters no longer to be stirred by the foot of man or muddied by the hooves of cattle. Then I will let her waters settle and make her streams flow like oil, declares the Sovereign Lord. 15When I make Egypt desolate and strip the land of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the Lord.’ 16“This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 32:14 word by word

אָ֚ז אַשְׁקִ֣יעַ מֵֽימֵיהֶ֔ם וְנַהֲרוֹתָ֖ם כַּשֶּׁ֣מֶן אוֹלִ֑יךְ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will I make their watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• deepשָׁקַעshâqa‛ · to sinkH8257
• and cause their riversנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• to runיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• like oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Cause their rivers to run like oil - Bring the whole state into quietness, there being no longer a political hippopotamus to foul the waters - to disturb the peace of the country.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14A promise of a return of God‘s favor. This concerns not the restoration of Egypt‘s original power, but the establishment of the Divine Ruler in the place of a pagan God-opposing power.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The great sea monster (Ezekiel 32:2), a picture of Pharaoh, would no longer struggle in the river and stir up the mud like an angry crocodile. After Pharaoh’s death, the waters of Egypt would become calm again. They would flow smoothly and quietly, like oil poured out. The land would be silent and still, like the quietness that follows death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. make their waters deep--rather, "make ... to subside"; literally, "sink" [Fairbairn]. like oil--emblem of quietness. No longer shall they descend violently on other countries as the overflowing Nile, but shall be still and sluggish in political action.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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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