Ezekiel 30:23
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Ezekiel 30:23 in other translations
| BSB | I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. |
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| WEB | I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. |
| ASV | And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. |
| YLT | And scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands, |
| DARBY | And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. |
| BBE | And I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries. |
| Webster | And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. |
What does Ezekiel 30:23 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 30:20-26
Egypt shall grow weaker and weaker. If lesser judgments do not prevail to humble and reform sinners, God will send greater. God justly breaks that power which is abused, either to put wrongs upon people, or to put cheats upon them. Babylon shall grow stronger. In vain do men endeavour to bind up the arm the Lord is pleased to break, and to strengthen those whom he will bring down. Those who disregard the discoveries…
Ezekiel 30:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 30:23
- Ezekiel 30:26
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 30:17-18
The young men of Aven and of Pi–beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
- Ezekiel 29:12-13
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
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Context
- Ezekiel 30:22
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
- Ezekiel 30:23
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
Ezekiel 30:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y esparciré los Egipcios entre las gentes, y aventarélos por las tierras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je disperserai les Égyptiens parmi les nations et je les disséminerai dans les pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich werde die Ägypter unter die Nationen versprengen und sie in die Länder zerstreuen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et dispergam Ægyptum in gentibus, et ventilabo eos in terris. |