Ezekiel 32 · Verse 27

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.
Ezekiel 32:27, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:27 in other translations

BSBThey do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
WEBThey will not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war and have laid their swords under their heads. Their iniquities are on their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
ASVAnd they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, that are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
YLTAnd they lie not with the mighty, Who are falling of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to sheol with their weapons of war, And they put their swords under their heads, And their iniquities are on their bones, For the terror of the mighty is in the land of the living.
DARBYAnd they lie not with the mighty, that are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war; and whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
BBEAnd they have been put to rest with the fighting men who came to their end in days long past, who went down to the underworld with their instruments of war, placing their swords under their heads, and their body-covers are over their bones; for their strength was a cause of fear in the land of the living.
WebsterAnd they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to the grave, 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.

What does Ezekiel 32:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. they shall not lie with the mighty--that is, they shall not have separate tombs such as mighty conquerors have: but shall all be heaped together in one pit, as is the case with the vanquished [Grotius]. Havernick reads it interrogatively, "Shall they not lie with the mighty that are fallen?" But English Version is supported by the parallel (Is 14:18, 19), to which Ezekiel refers, and which represents them as not lying as mighty kings lie in a grave, but cast out of one, as a carcass trodden under foot. with ... weapons of war--alluding to the custom of burying warriors with their arms (1 Maccabees 13:29). Though honored by the laying of "their swords under their heads," yet the punishment of "their iniquities shall be upon their bones." Their swords shall thus attest their shame, not their glory (Mt 26:52), being the instruments of their violence, the penalty of which they are paying.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 Gone down to hell with their weapons of war - Are buried in their armor and with their weapons lying by their sides. It was a very ancient practice, in different nations, to bury a warrior's weapons in the same grave with himself.

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 32:27 in the original Hebrew

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וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙yish.ke.Vuthey lieH7901
אֶת\־'et-withH854
גִּבּוֹרִ֔יםgi.bo.RimwarriorsH1368
נֹפְלִ֖יםno.fe.LimfallenH5307
מֵעֲרֵלִ֑יםme.'a.re.Limfrom uncircumcised [men]H6189
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
יָרְדֽוּ\־ya.re.du-they went downH3381
שְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olSheolH7585
בִּכְלֵֽי\־bikh.lei-with [the] weapons ofH3627
מִלְחַמְתָּם֩mil.cham.Tamwar theirH4421
וַיִּתְּנ֨וּvai.yi.te.Nuand people putH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חַרְבוֹתָ֜םchar.vo.Tamswords theirH2719
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunderH8478
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֗םra.shei.Hemheads theirH7218
וַתְּהִ֤יva.te.Hiand it wasH1961
עֲוֹֽנֹתָם֙'a.vo.no.Taminiquities theirH5771
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עַצְמוֹתָ֔םatz.mo.Tambones theirH6106
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
חִתִּ֥יתchi.Titterror ofH2851
גִּבּוֹרִ֖יםgi.bo.RimwarriorsH1368
בְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retz[was] in [the] land ofH776
חַיִּֽים\׃chai.Yim[the] livingH2416

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Cross references for Ezekiel 32:27

  • Isaiah 14:18-19

    All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

  • Psalms 109:18

    As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

  • 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.

  • Job 3:13-15

    For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

  • Job 20:11

    His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

  • John 8:24

    I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Psalms 92:9

    For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

  • Psalms 92:7

    When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

  • Ezekiel 18:20

    The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

  • Psalms 49:14

    Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4

    (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall not.
21; Job 3:13-15; Isa 14:18,19
to hell.That is, to the grave; and are buried in their armour, with their weapons lying by their sides, as was a very ancient practice in various nations.
their weapons of war. Heb. weapons of their war.
Isa 54:17; 2Co 10:4
but.
18:20; Job 20:11; Ps 49:14; 92:7,9; 109:18; Pr 14:32; Joh 8:24

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 32:28

    Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.

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Ezekiel 32:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y no yacerán con los fuertes que cayeron de los incircuncisos, los cuales descendieron al sepulcro con sus armas de guerra, y pusieron sus espadas debajo de sus cabezas: mas sus pecados estarán sobre sus huesos, porque fueron terror de fuertes en la tierra de los vivientes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils n’ont pas été couchés avec les hommes forts, tombés d’entre les incirconcis, qui sont descendus dans le shéol avec leurs instruments de guerre, et sous la tête desquels on a mis leurs épées, et dont les iniquités sont sur leurs os; quoiqu’ils aient été la terreur des hommes forts sur la terre des vivants.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie liegen nicht bei den Helden der Unbeschnittenen, die gefallen sind, welche in den Scheol hinabfuhren mit ihren Kriegswaffen, und denen man ihre Schwerter unter ihre Häupter legte. Und ihre Missetaten sind über ihre Gebeine gekommen, weil sie ein Schrecken der Helden waren im Lande der Lebendigen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et non dormient cum fortibus, cadentibusque, et incircumcisis, qui descenderunt ad infernum cum armis suis, et posuerunt gladios suos sub capitibus suis, et fuerunt iniquitates eorum in ossibus eorum: quia terror fortium facti sunt in terra viventium.