Ezekiel 32 · Verse 31

Ezekiel 32:31

Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 32:31, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:31 in other translations

BSBPharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude— Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.
WEB“Pharaoh will see them and will be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword,” says the Lord GOD.
ASVPharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.
YLTThen doth Pharaoh see, And he hath been comforted for all his multitude, The pierced of the sword--Pharaoh and all his force, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
DARBYPharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBEPharaoh will see them and be comforted on account of all his people: even Pharaoh and all his army, put to death by the sword, says the Lord.
WebsterPharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 32:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. comforted--with the melancholy satisfaction of not being alone, but of having other kingdoms companions in his downfall. This shall be his only comfort--a very poor one!

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 Pharaoh shall see them - Pharaoh also, who said he was a god, shall be found among the vulgar dead. And shalt be comforted - Shall console himself, on finding that all other proud boasters are in the same circumstances with himself. Here is a reference to a consciousness after death.

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 32:31 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.

אוֹתָם֙'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
יִרְאֶ֣הyir.'Ehhe will seeH7200
פַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhPharaohH6547
וְנִחַ֖םve.ni.Chamand he will be comfortedH5162
עַל\־'al-onH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הֲמוֹנ֑וֹha.mo.nomultitude hisH1995
חַלְלֵי\־cha.lei-[those] slain ofH2491
חֶ֙רֶב֙che.reva swordH2719
פַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
חֵיל֔וֹchei.Loarmy hisH2428
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3069

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 32:31

  • Ezekiel 31:16

    I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

  • Ezekiel 14:22

    Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

  • Lamentations 2:13

    What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pharaoh shall.Pharaoh, who said he was a god, shall be found among the dead.
shall be.Shall console himself, when he sees all these mighty nations and proud conquerors in the same condition as himself.
14:22; 31:16; La 2:13

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Context

  • Ezekiel 32:30

    There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

  • Ezekiel 32:31

    Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God.

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 32:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		A estos verá Faraón, y consolaráse sobre toda su multitud; Faraón muerto á cuchillo, y todo su ejército, dice el Señor Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le Pharaon les verra, et il sera consolé au sujet de toute sa multitude, le Pharaon et toute son armée, tués par l’épée, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Pharao wird sie sehen und sich trösten über seine ganze Menge. Vom Schwert erschlagen sind der Pharao und sein ganzes Heer, spricht der Herr, Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vidit eos Pharao, et consolatus est super universa multitudine sua, quæ interfecta est gladio: Pharao, et omnis exercitus ejus, ait Dominus Deus.