Ezekiel 32 · Verse 23

Ezekiel 32:23

Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
Ezekiel 32:23, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:23 in other translations

BSBHer graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
WEBwhose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
ASVwhose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
YLTWhose graves are appointed in the sides of the pit, And her assembly is round about her grave, All of them wounded, falling by sword, Because they gave terror in the land of the living.
DARBYtheir graves are set in the sides of the pit, and his assemblage is round about his grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, — who caused terror in the land of the living.
BBEWhose resting-places are in the inmost parts of the underworld, who were a cause of fear in the land of the living.
WebsterWhose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is around her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

What does Ezekiel 32:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. in the sides of the pit--Sepulchres in the East were caves hollowed out of the rock, and the bodies were laid in niches formed at the sides. Maurer needlessly departs from the ordinary meaning, and translates, "extremities" (compare Is 14:13, 15). which caused terror--They, who alive were a terror to others, are now, in the nether world, themselves a terrible object to behold.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit - Alluding to the niches in the sides of the subterranean caves or burying-places, where the bodies are laid. These are numerous in Egypt.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Ezekiel 32:23 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.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
נִתְּנ֤וּni.te.Nuthey have been putH5414
קִבְרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙kiv.ro.Tei.hagraves itsH6913
בְּיַרְכְּתֵי\־be.yar.ke.tei-in [the] remotest parts ofH3411
ב֔וֹרVor[the] pitH953
וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
קְהָלָ֔הּke.ha.Lahcompany itsH6951
סְבִיב֖וֹתse.vi.VotaroundH5439
קְבֻרָתָ֑הּke.vu.ra.Tahgrave itsH6900
כֻּלָּ֤םku.Lamall of themH3605
חֲלָלִים֙cha.la.Lim[are] slainH2491
נֹפְלִ֣יםno.fe.Lim[those who] have fallenH5307
בַּחֶ֔רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whoH834
נָתְנ֥וּna.te.Nuthey had putH5414
חִתִּ֖יתchi.TitterrorH2851
בְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776
חַיִּֽים\׃chai.Yim[the] livingH2416

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 32:23

  • Ezekiel 26:20

    When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

  • Ezekiel 32:24-27

    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. There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 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 27:13

    I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

  • Ezekiel 26:17

    And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

  • Ezekiel 32:32

    For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

  • Psalms 142:5

    I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

  • Job 28:13

    Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • Psalms 116:9

    I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

  • Jeremiah 11:19

    But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Isaiah 38:11

    I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

  • Isaiah 14:15-16

    Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

  • Isaiah 51:12-13

    I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
graves.The niches in the sides of the subterranean burying places.
26:20; Isa 14:15
which.
24-27,32; 26:17,20; Isa 14:16; 51:12,13
terror. or, dismaying. the land.
26:20; Job 28:13; Ps 27:13; 116:9; 142:5; Isa 38:11; Jer 11:19

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Context

  • Ezekiel 32:22

    Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:

  • Ezekiel 32:23

    Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.

  • Ezekiel 32:24

    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.

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Ezekiel 32:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sus sepulcros fueron puestos á los lados de la fosa, y su gente está por los alrededores de su sepulcro: todos ellos cayeron muertos á cuchillo, los cuales pusieron miedo en la tierra de los vivientes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ses sépulcres ont été posés au fond de la fosse, et son assemblée est autour de son sépulcre: tous tués, tombés par l’épée, eux qui répandaient la terreur sur la terre des vivants.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Seine Gräber sind in der tiefsten Grube gemacht, und seine Schar ist rings um sein Grab. Sie alle sind erschlagen, durchs Schwert gefallen, welche Schrecken verbreiteten im Lande der Lebendigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quorum data sunt sepulchra in novissimis laci, et facta est multitudo ejus per gyrum sepulchri ejus: universi interfecti, cadentesque gladio, qui dederant quondam formidinem in terra viventium.