Ezekiel 32 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 32:6

I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
Ezekiel 32:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:6 in other translations

BSBI will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains— the ravines will be filled.
WEBI will also water the land in which you swim with your blood, even to the mountains. The watercourses will be full of you.
ASVI will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of thee.
YLTAnd watered the land with thy flowing, From thy blood--unto the mountains, And streams are filled from thee.
DARBYand I will water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the water-courses shall be full of thee.
BBEAnd the land will be watered with your blood, and the waterways will be full of you.
WebsterI will also water with thy blood the land in which thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

What does Ezekiel 32:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. land wherein thou swimmest--Egypt: the land watered by the Nile, the the source of its fertility, wherein thou swimmest (carrying on the image of the crocodile, that is, wherein thou dost exercise thy wanton power at will). Irony. The land shall still afford seas to swim in, but they shall be seas of blood. Alluding to the plague (Ex 7:19; Re 8:8). Havernick translates, "I will water the land with what flows from thee, even thy blood, reaching to the mountains": "with thy blood overflowing even to the mountains." Perhaps this is better.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 The land wherein thou swimmest - Egypt; so called, because intersected with canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 32:1-16

The fall of Egypt. (Ezek 32:1-16) It is like that of other nations. (Ezek 32:17-32) Verses 1-16 It becomes us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no better than beasts of prey. Those who admire the pomp of this world, will wonder at the ruin of that pomp; which to those who know the vanity of all things here below, is no surprise. When…

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Ezekiel 32:6 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.

וְהִשְׁקֵיתִ֨יve.hish.kei.Tiand I will make drinkH8248
אֶ֧רֶץ'E.retz[the] landH776
צָפָתְךָ֛tza.fa.te.Khaoutflow yourH6824
מִדָּמְךָ֖mi.da.me.Khafrom blood yourH1818
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הֶֽהָרִ֑יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022
וַאֲפִקִ֖יםva.'a.fi.Kimand ravinesH650
יִמָּלְא֥וּןyi.mal.'Unthey will be filled !H4390
מִמֶּֽךָּ\׃mi.Me.kafrom youH4480

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 32:6

  • Isaiah 34:3

    Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

  • Isaiah 34:7

    And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

  • Revelation 14:20

    And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

  • Exodus 7:17

    Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

  • Revelation 16:6

    For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

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water.
Ex 7:17; Isa 34:3,7; Re 14:20; 16:6
the land.Egypt, so called because interspersed by numerous canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile.
wherein thou swimmest. or, of thy swimming.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 32:5

    And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.

  • Ezekiel 32:6

    I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

  • Ezekiel 32:7

    And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

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Ezekiel 32:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y regaré de tu sangre la tierra donde nadas, hasta los montes; y los arroyos se henchirán de ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et j’arroserai de ton sang le pays où tu nages, jusqu’aux montagnes; et les ravins seront remplis de toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde das Land bis an die Berge mit den Strömen deines Blutes tränken, und die Gründe sollen von dir angefüllt werden. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et irrigabo terram fœtore sanguinis tui super montes, et valles implebuntur ex te.