Ezekiel 32:21

Ezekiel 32:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: 'They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: ‘They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)Down in the grave mighty leaders will mockingly welcome Egypt and its allies, saying, ‘They have come down; they lie among the outcasts, hordes slaughtered by the sword.’

Context of Ezekiel 32:21

19Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’ 20They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes. From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.’ 22“Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. 23Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

Ezekiel 32:21 word by word

יְדַבְּרוּ־ל֞וֹ אֵלֵ֧י גִבּוֹרִ֛ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ שְׁא֖וֹל אֶת־עֹֽזְרָ֑יו יָֽרְד֛וּ שָׁכְב֥וּ הָעֲרֵלִ֖ים חַלְלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The strongאֵל'êl · GodH410
• among the mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• shall speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• to him out of the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• with them that helpעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
• him: they are gone downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• they lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• uncircumcisedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:21

• Ezekiel 32:27But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.
• Isaiah 1:31The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire.”
• Isaiah 14:9The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.
• Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
• Ezekiel 32:19Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’
• Numbers 16:30But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.”
• Psalms 9:17The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
• Psalms 55:15Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
• Proverbs 14:32When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Out of the midst of hell - שאול sheol, the catacombs, the place of burial. There is something here similar to Isaiah 14:9, where the descent of the king of Babylon to the state of the dead is described.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The uncircumcised - throughout this dirge is equivalent to pagan viewed as impure (Ezekiel 31:18 note).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. 21-30Assyria … Elam … Meshech and Tubal … Edom … the leaders of the north and the Sidonians: In the past, these nations filled people with fear. Now they are described as weak shadows of what they once were. Their power is gone, and they exist in a place without joy or purpose. Assyria had been defeated by the Babylonians and the Medes between 627 and 609 BC. After that time, it was no longer a great world power.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (Eze 31:16). Ezekiel has before his eyes Is 14:9, &c. shall speak to him--with "him" join "with them that help him"; shall speak to him and his helpers with a taunting welcome, as now one of themselves.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 32:21

• Hell

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Vex
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• 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