New King James Version
Ezekiel 32:14
14Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord God.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I will let her waters settle and make her streams flow like oil, declares the Sovereign Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, declares 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
12By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall. “They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, And all its multitude shall be destroyed. 13Also I will destroy all its animals From beside its great waters; The foot of man shall muddy them no more, Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them. Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord God. 15“When I make the land of Egypt desolate, And the country is destitute of all that once filled it, When I strike all who dwell in it, Then they shall know that I am the Lord. 16“This is the lamentation With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude,” Says the Lord God.’ ”
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:14 word by word
אָ֚ז אַשְׁקִ֣יעַ מֵֽימֵיהֶ֔ם וְנַהֲרוֹתָ֖ם כַּשֶּׁ֣מֶן אוֹלִ֑יךְ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
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
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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
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