Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 32:27
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.
Ezekiel 32:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
- New International Version (NIV)But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
Context of Ezekiel 32:27
25They have made her a bed among the slain with all her throng, her graves about them —all of them uncircumcised, slain, fallen by the sword— though they caused terror in the land of the living. So they bear their disgrace with those who go down to the Pit. They are laid among the slain. 26“Meshech-Tubal is there and all her throng, her graves around them —all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they spread their terror in the land of the living. They 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. 28You also will be shattered and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. 29“Edom is there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those slain by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the Pit.
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וְלֹ֤א יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙ אֶת־גִּבּוֹרִ֔ים נֹפְלִ֖ים מֵעֲרֵלִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָרְדֽוּ־שְׁא֣וֹל בִּכְלֵֽי־מִלְחַמְתָּם֩ וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אֶת־חַרְבוֹתָ֜ם תַּ֣חַת רָאשֵׁיהֶ֗ם וַתְּהִ֤י עֲוֹֽנֹתָם֙ עַל־עַצְמוֹתָ֔ם כִּֽי־חִתִּ֥ית גִּבּוֹרִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥רֶץ חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they shall not lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
- with the mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
- of the uncircumcisedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189
- which are gone downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- to hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
- with their weaponsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
- of warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- and they have laidנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- their swordsחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
- under their headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- but their iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
- shall be upon their bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
- the terrorחִתִּיתchittîyth · terrorH2851
- in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:27
- Ezekiel 32:21The 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.
- Job 3:13For now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep and at rest
- Isaiah 14:18All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, each in his own house.
- Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you will prosper and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Adonai’s servants— their vindication is from Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful through God for the tearing down of strongholds. We are tearing down false arguments
- Ezekiel 18:20The soul that sins, he will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father with him, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son with him. The righteousness of the righteous will be on him and the wickedness of the wicked will be on him.
- Job 20:11His bones were full of his youthful vigor but it will lie down with him in the dust.
- Psalms 49:14Such is the way of the self-confident, and their followers who approve their sayings. Selah
- Psalms 92:7A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand.
- Psalms 109:18He wore cursing like his robe, until it filled his belly like water, and his bones like oil.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity yet the righteous has a refuge even in death.
- John 8:24Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. If you don’t believe that I am, you will die in your sins.”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Gone down to hell with their weapons of war - Are buried in their armor and with their weapons lying by their sides. It was a very ancient practice, in different nations, to bury a warrior's weapons in the same grave with himself.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27And they shall not lie - Better, “Shall they not lie?” or, “Are they not laid?” The custom of burying warriors with their swords, shields, or helmets, raider their heads is well known, and common to most warlike nations. But their iniquities - They, rested in all the glories of a warrior‘s sepulture, but their sins followed them to the grave.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. 2727. they shall not lie with the mighty--that is, they shall not have separate tombs such as mighty conquerors have: but shall all be heaped together in one pit, as is the case with the vanquished [Grotius]. Havernick reads it interrogatively, "Shall they not lie with the mighty that are fallen?" But English Version is supported by the parallel (Is 14:18, 19), to which Ezekiel refers, and which represents them as not lying as mighty kings lie in a grave…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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