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.
Ezekiel 32:21 in other translations
| BSB | Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’ |
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| WEB | The strong among the mighty will speak to him out of the middle of Sheol with those who help him. They have gone down. The uncircumcised lie still, slain by the sword. |
| ASV | The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. |
| YLT | Speak to him do the gods of the mighty out of the midst of sheol, With his helpers--they have gone down, They have lain with the uncircumcised, The pierced of the sword. |
| DARBY | The strong among the mighty, with them that helped him, shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol: they are gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. |
| BBE | The strong among the great ones will say to him from the underworld, Are you more beautiful than any? go down, you and your helpers, and take your rest among those without circumcision, and those who have been put to the sword. |
| Webster | The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of the grave with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. |
What does Ezekiel 32:21 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 32:17-32
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…
Ezekiel 32:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 32:21
- Isaiah 14:9-10
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- Ezekiel 32:27
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.
- Psalms 55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
- Ezekiel 32:19
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
- Psalms 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
- Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Numbers 16:30-34
But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. …
- Luke 16:23-24
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
- Ezekiel 32:24-25
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
- Isaiah 1:31
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
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27; Isa 1:31; 14:9,10; Lu 16:23,24
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19,24,25; Nu 16:30-34; Ps 9:17; 55:15; Pr 14:32
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Context
- Ezekiel 32:20
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 32:22
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Ezekiel 32:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De en medio del infierno hablarán á él los fuertes de los fuertes, con los que le ayudaron, que descendieron, y yacen con los incircuncisos muertos á cuchillo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les forts d’entre les puissants, avec ceux qui l’avaient aidé, lui parleront du milieu du shéol; ils sont descendus, ils sont couchés, incirconcis, tués par l’épée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aus der Mitte des Scheols reden von ihm die Mächtigen der Helden mit seinen Helfern. Sie sind hinabgefahren, sie liegen da, die Unbeschnittenen, vom Schwert erschlagen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Loquentur ei potentissimi robustorum de medio inferni, qui cum auxiliatoribus ejus descenderunt, et dormierunt incircumcisi interfecti gladio. |