Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 32:7
7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with cloud, and the moon will not give her light.
Ezekiel 32:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
- New International Version (NIV)When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light.
Context of Ezekiel 32:7
5I will strew your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your refuse. 6I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the hills. The ravines will be full of you. When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with cloud, and the moon will not give her light. 8I will darken all of heaven’s bright lights over you and set darkness on your land.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 9“I will disturb the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, into lands you have not known.
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:7 word by word
וְכִסֵּיתִ֤י בְכַבּֽוֹתְךָ֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וְהִקְדַּרְתִּ֖י אֶת־כֹּֽכְבֵיהֶ֑ם שֶׁ֚מֶשׁ בֶּעָנָ֣ן אֲכַסֶּ֔נּוּ וְיָרֵ֖חַ לֹא־יָאִ֥יר אוֹרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when I shall put thee outכָּבָהkâbâh · to quenchH3518
- I will coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- and makeקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
- the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
- the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
- with a cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
- and the moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
- shall not giveאוֹר'ôr · to lightH215
- her lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:7
- Job 18:5Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire does not shine.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly. The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
- Ezekiel 30:3For the day is near, the day of Adonai is near, a day of clouds, a time for the nations.
- Exodus 10:21Then Adonai said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt—a darkness that may be felt.”
- Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Isaiah 34:4Then all the host of heaven will dissolve, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll— so all their array will wither away, like a leaf drooping from a vine, like a fig shriveling from a fig tree.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness.
- Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spreads over the mountains. A great and mighty people— from antiquity there was never anything like it, nor after it ever again from generation to generation.
- Amos 8:9“It will be in that day” —declares my Lord Adonai— “I will make the sun go down at noon, yes, I will darken the earth in daylight.
- Matthew 24:29“But immediately after the trouble of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Revelation 6:12I saw when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as black as sackcloth made of goat’s hair, and the full moon became like blood.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I will cover the heaven - Destroy the empire. Make the stars thereof dark - Overwhelm all the dependent states. I will cover the sun - The king himself. And the moon shall not give her light - The queen may be meant, or some state less than the kingdom.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8As in the previous chapter, Pharaoh’s downfall would bring global darkness and widespread mourning. These images were often linked to the day of the Lord (see Joel 2:30). In this case, the darkness would also remind the Egyptians of the plague during the exodus (Exodus 10:21–22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. put thee out--extinguish thy light (Job 18:5). Pharaoh is represented as a bright star, at the extinguishing of whose light in the political sky the whole heavenly host is shrouded in sympathetic darkness. Here, too, as in Eze 32:6, there is an allusion to the supernatural darkness sent formerly (Ex 10:21-23). The heavenly bodies are often made images of earthly dynasties (Is 13:10; Mt 24:29).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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