Ezekiel 28 · Verse 10

Ezekiel 28:10

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 28:10, King James Version

Ezekiel 28:10 in other translations

BSBYou will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”
WEBYou will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it,” says the Lord GOD.’”
ASVThou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
YLTThe deaths of the uncircumcised thou diest, By the hand of strangers, for I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'
DARBYThou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised, by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBEYour death will be the death of those who are without circumcision, by the hands of men from strange lands: for I have said it, says the Lord.
WebsterThou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 28:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. deaths of ... uncircumcised--that is, such a death as the uncircumcised or godless heathen deserve; and perhaps, also, such as the uncircumcised inflict, a great ignominy in the eyes of a Jew (1Sa 31:4); a fit retribution on him who had scoffed at the circumcised Jews.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 The deaths of the uncircumcised - Two deaths, temporal and eternal. Ithobaal was taken and killed by Nebuchadnezzar.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 28:1-19

The sentence against the prince or king of Tyre. (Ezek 28:1-19) The fall of Zidon. (Ezek 28:20-23) The restoration of Israel. (Ezek 28:24-26) Verses 1-19 Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed Divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the sin of our fallen nature. Nor can any wisdom, except that which the Lord gives, lead to happiness in this world or in…

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Ezekiel 28:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מוֹתֵ֧יmo.Tei[the] deaths ofH4194
עֲרֵלִ֛ים'a.re.Limuncircumcised [men]H6189
תָּמ֖וּתta.Mutyou will dieH4191
בְּיַד\־be.yad-by [the] hand ofH3027
זָרִ֑יםza.RimstrangersH2114
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
דִבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI have spokenH1696
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3069

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 28:10

  • Ezekiel 31:18

    To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 32:19

    Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

  • 1 Samuel 17:36

    Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

  • Ezekiel 32:21

    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.

  • Philippians 3:3

    For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  • 1 Samuel 17:26

    And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

  • Leviticus 26:41

    And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

  • Ezekiel 11:9

    And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

  • Ezekiel 28:7

    Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

  • Jeremiah 25:9

    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  • Jeremiah 9:25-26

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

  • Ezekiel 44:9

    Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the deaths.
31:18; 32:19,21,24-30; 44:7,9; Le 26:41; 1Sa 17:26,36; Jer 6:10
Jer 9:25,26; Joh 8:24; Ac 7:51; Php 3:3
by the.
7; 11:9; Jer 25:9

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Context

  • Ezekiel 28:9

    Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

  • Ezekiel 28:10

    Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 28:11

    Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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Ezekiel 28:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De muerte de incircuncisos morirás por mano de extraños: porque yo he hablado, dice el Señor Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu mourras de la mort des incirconcis, par la main des étrangers; car j’ai parlé, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Des Todes der Unbeschnittenen wirst du sterben durch die Hand der Fremden; denn ich habe geredet, spricht der Herr, Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Morte incircumcisorum morieris in manu alienorum, quia ego locutus sum, ait Dominus Deus.