Ezekiel 32 · Verse 14

Ezekiel 32:14

Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 32:14, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:14 in other translations

BSBThen I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.
WEBThen I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil,” says the Lord GOD.
ASVThen will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.
YLTThen do I cause their waters to sink, And their rivers as oil I cause to go, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
DARBYThen will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBEThen I will make their waters clear and their rivers will be flowing like oil, says the Lord.
WebsterThen will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 32:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. make their waters deep--rather, "make ... to subside"; literally, "sink" [Fairbairn]. like oil--emblem of quietness. No longer shall they descend violently on other countries as the overflowing Nile, but shall be still and sluggish in political action.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Cause their rivers to run like oil - Bring the whole state into quietness, there being no longer a political hippopotamus to foul the waters - to disturb the peace of the country.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 32:1-16

The fall of Egypt. (Ezek 32:1-16) It is like that of other nations. (Ezek 32:17-32) Verses 1-16 It becomes us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no better than beasts of prey. Those who admire the pomp of this world, will wonder at the ruin of that pomp; which to those who know the vanity of all things here below, is no surprise. When…

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Ezekiel 32:14 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.

אָ֚ז'azthenH227
אַשְׁקִ֣יעַ'ash.Ki.a'I will make settleH8257
מֵֽימֵיהֶ֔םmei.mei.Hemwaters theirH4325
וְנַהֲרוֹתָ֖םve.na.ha.ro.Tamand rivers theirH5104
כַּשֶּׁ֣מֶןka.She.menlike <the> oilH8081
אוֹלִ֑יךְ'o.LikhI will make goH1980
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3069

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and cause.The neighbouring countries shall be in a state of quietness, like a river that smoothly glides along, having no longer a political crocodile to foul their waters, or to disturb their peace.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 32:13

    I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

  • Ezekiel 32:14

    Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 32:15

    When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 32:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces haré asentarse sus aguas, y haré ir sus ríos como aceite, dice el Señor Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors je rendrai leurs eaux limpides, et je ferai couler leurs rivières comme de l’huile, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann werde ich ihre Wasser sich klären und ihre Flüsse wie Öl fließen lassen, spricht der Herr, Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tunc purissimas reddam aquas eorum, et flumina eorum quasi oleum adducam, ait Dominus Deus,