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 stranded on the land to die. All the birds of the heavens will land on you, and the wild animals of the whole earth will gorge themselves on you. 5I will scatter your flesh on the hills and fill the valleys with your bones. I will drench the earth with your gushing blood all the way to the mountains, filling the ravines to the brim. 7When I blot you out, I will veil the heavens and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give you its light. 8I will darken the bright stars overhead and cover your land in darkness. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!

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 7:17So this is what the Lord says: “I will show you that I am the Lord.” Look! I will strike the water of the Nile with this staff in my hand, and the river will turn to blood.
• Isaiah 34:3Their dead will be left unburied, and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land. The mountains will flow with their blood.
• Revelation 14:20The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle.
• Revelation 16:6Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is their just reward.”

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