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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.’
• 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.’

Context of Ezekiel 32:21

19Who do you surpass in beauty? Go down, lie with the uncircumcised. 20They fall among those slain by the sword. She is given over to the sword. They drag her down with all her throng. The strongest warriors will speak of him and his allies from the midst of Sheol. They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22“Assyria is there and all her company, their graves surround them —all of them slain, fallen by the sword. 23Her graves are set in the deepest parts of the Pit. Her company surrounds her grave —all of them slain, fallen by the sword —who put terror in the land of the living.

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 32:27They do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war. They put their swords under their heads. Their iniquities rest on their bones because the terror of the mighty ones was in the land of the living.
• Isaiah 1:31So the strong will become tinder and his work like a spark— both will burn together, and no one will quench them.
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol from below is excited about you, to meet you at your coming! He stirs up the dead spirits for you, even the chief ones of the earth. He makes all the kings of the nations rise up from their thrones.
• Luke 16:23And from Sheol, as he was in torment, he raised his eyes. And he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his side.
• Ezekiel 32:19Who do you surpass in beauty? Go down, lie with the uncircumcised.
• Numbers 16:30But if Adonai brings about a new thing, and the earth opens her mouth and swallows them and everything that is theirs, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised Adonai.”
• Psalms 9:17Adonai is known for executing judgment. The wicked one is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah
• Psalms 55:15Together we enjoyed great fellowship. We used to walk with the throng in the House of God.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity yet the righteous has a refuge even in death.

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
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• 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