Ezekiel 32 · Verse 26

Ezekiel 32:26

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.
Ezekiel 32:26, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:26 in other translations

BSBMeshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
WEB“There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude. Their graves are around them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
ASVThere is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
YLTThere is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude, Round about him are her graves, All of them uncircumcised, pierced of the sword, For they gave their terror in the land of the living,
DARBYThere is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude, their graves round about them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
BBEThere is Meshech, Tubal, and all her people, round about her last resting-place: all of them without circumcision, put to death by the sword; for they were a cause of fear in the land of the living.
WebsterThere is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are around him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.

What does Ezekiel 32:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. Meshech, Tubal--northern nations: the Moschi and Tibareni, between the Black and Caspian Seas. Herodotus [3.94], mentions them as a subjugated people, tributaries to Darius Hystaspes (see Eze 27:13).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 There is Meshech, Tubal - See on Eze 27:13 (note).

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 32:26 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.

שָׁ֣םsham[is] thereH8033
מֶ֤שֶׁךְMe.shekhMeshechH4902
תֻּבַל֙tu.ValTubalH8422
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הֲמוֹנָ֔הּha.mo.Nahmultitude itsH1995
סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֖יוse.vi.vo.Tav[are] around itH5439
קִבְרוֹתֶ֑יהָkiv.ro.Tei.hagraves itsH6913
כֻּלָּ֤םku.Lamall of themH3605
עֲרֵלִים֙'a.re.Lim[are] uncircumcisedH6189
מְחֻ֣לְלֵיme.Chu.leipierced ofH2490
חֶ֔רֶבChe.rev[the] swordH2719
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
נָתְנ֥וּna.te.Nuthey had putH5414
חִתִּיתָ֖םchi.ti.Tamterror theirH2851
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 32:26

  • Ezekiel 27:13

    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

  • Genesis 10:2

    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

  • Ezekiel 39:1

    Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

  • Ezekiel 38:2-3

    Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

  • Ezekiel 32:23-24

    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. 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.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 32:19-20

    Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 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 32:27

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:5

    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

  • Genesis 10:12

    And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Meshech.Supposed to be the Moschi, a people between Iberia and Armenia, from whom, probably the Muscovites are descended.
27:13; 38:2,3; 39:1; Ge 10:2,12; 1Ch 1:5
Tubal.Probably the Tibarenians, a people of Pontus, west of the Moschians.
all of.
19,20,24
caused.
23,27,32

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Context

  • Ezekiel 32:25

    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.

  • Ezekiel 32:26

    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.

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 32:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Allí Mesech, y Tubal, y toda su multitud: sus sepulcros en sus alrededores: todos ellos incircuncisos muertos á cuchillo, porque habían dado su terror en la tierra de los vivientes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Là est Méshec, Tubal, et toute leur multitude, leurs sépulcres autour d’eux: eux tous incirconcis, tués par l’épée, quoiqu’ils aient répandu leur terreur sur la terre des vivants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dort ist Mesech-Tubal und seine ganze Menge; rings um ihn her ihre Gräber. Sie alle, unbeschnitten, sind vom Schwert erschlagen, weil sie ihren Schrecken verbreiteten im Lande der Lebendigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ibi Mosoch et Thubal, et omnis multitudo ejus: in circuitu ejus sepulchra illius: omnes hi incircumcisi, interfectique et cadentes gladio, quia dederunt formidinem suam in terra viventium.