Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 32:14
14Then I will make their waters settle and make their streams flow like oil.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
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 King James Version (NKJV)Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord God.
Context of Ezekiel 32:14
12By the swords of the mighty I will cause your multitude to fall. They are all ruthless among the nations. They will devastate the pride of Egypt. All of its multitude will be annihilated. 13I will destroy all the beasts from beside plentiful water. No human foot will muddy them again, nor will hoofs of beasts muddy them. Then I will make their waters settle and make their streams flow like oil.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 15“When I make the land of Egypt desolate and waste when it was previously full, when I strike all that live there, they will know that I am Adonai. 16This is the funeral song —chant it, daughters of the nations, chant for Egypt. All her multitude will chant it.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
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
In the dictionaries
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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