Ezekiel 32:19

Ezekiel 32:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
• New International Version (NIV)Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.’

Context of Ezekiel 32:19

17On March 17, during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the Lord: 18“Son of man, weep for the hordes of Egypt and for the other mighty nations. For I will send them down to the world below in company with those who descend to the pit. Say to them, ‘O Egypt, are you lovelier than the other nations? No! So go down to the pit and lie there among the outcasts.’ 20The Egyptians will fall with the many who have died by the sword, for the sword is drawn against them. Egypt and its hordes will be dragged away to their judgment. 21Down 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.’

Ezekiel 32:19 word by word

מִמִּ֖י נָעָ֑מְתָּ רְדָ֥ה וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה אֶת־עֲרֵלִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whom dost thou pass in beautyנָעֵםnâ‛êm · be pleasantH5276
• go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• and be thou laidשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• with the uncircumcisedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:19

• Ezekiel 27:3that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “You boasted, O Tyre, ‘My beauty is perfect!’
• Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.
• Ezekiel 31:2“Son of man, give this message to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his hordes: “To whom would you compare your greatness?
• Isaiah 14:9“In the place of the dead there is excitement over your arrival. The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead stand up to see you.
• Ezekiel 32:21Down 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.’
• Ezekiel 28:10You will die like an outcast at the hands of foreigners. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
• 1 Samuel 17:26David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”
• Jeremiah 9:25“A time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Whom dost thou pass in beauty? - How little does it signify, whether a mummy be well embalmed, wrapped round with rich stuff, and beautifully painted on the outside, or not. Go down into the tombs, examine the niches, and see whether one dead carcass be preferable to another.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19whom dost thou pass in beauty? - Thou art not more beautiful than other nations: thou shalt not escape their fate.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. 1919. Whom dost thou pass in beauty?--Beautiful as thou art, thou art not more so than other nations, which nevertheless have perished. go down, &c.--to the nether world, where all "beauty" is speedily marred.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