Ezekiel 32 · Verse 7

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.
Ezekiel 32:7, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:7 in other translations

BSBWhen I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
WEBWhen I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and make its stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon won’t give its light.
ASVAnd when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
YLTAnd in quenching thee I have covered the heavens, And have made black their stars, The sun with a cloud I do cover, And the moon causeth not its light to shine.
DARBYAnd when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
BBEAnd when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.
WebsterAnd when I shall extinguish thee, 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.

What does Ezekiel 32:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. put thee out--extinguish thy light (Job 18:5). Pharaoh is represented as a bright star, at the extinguishing of whose light in the political sky the whole heavenly host is shrouded in sympathetic darkness. Here, too, as in Eze 32:6, there is an allusion to the supernatural darkness sent formerly (Ex 10:21-23). The heavenly bodies are often made images of earthly dynasties (Is 13:10; Mt 24:29).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 I will cover the heaven - Destroy the empire. Make the stars thereof dark - Overwhelm all the dependent states. I will cover the sun - The king himself. And the moon shall not give her light - The queen may be meant, or some state less than the kingdom.

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 32:7 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.

וְכִסֵּיתִ֤יve.khi.sei.Tiand I will coverH3680
בְכַבּֽוֹתְךָ֙ve.kha.bot.Khawhen extinguishing youH3518
שָׁמַ֔יִםsha.Ma.yimheavensH8064
וְהִקְדַּרְתִּ֖יve.hik.dar.Tiand I will darkenH6937
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כֹּֽכְבֵיהֶ֑םko.khe.vei.Hemstars theirH3556
שֶׁ֚מֶשׁShe.mesh[the] sunH8121
בֶּעָנָ֣ןbe.'a.Nanwith <the> cloudH6051
אֲכַסֶּ֔נּוּ'a.kha.Se.nuI will cover itH3680
וְיָרֵ֖חַve.ya.Re.achand [the] moonH3394
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יָאִ֥ירya.'Irit will give lightH215
אוֹרֽוֹ\׃'o.Rolight itsH216

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 32:7

  • Matthew 24:29

    Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

  • Joel 2:31

    The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

  • Ezekiel 30:3

    For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

  • Joel 2:2

    A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

  • Isaiah 34:4

    And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

  • Isaiah 13:10

    For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

  • Joel 3:15

    The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

  • Revelation 6:12-13

    And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

  • Jeremiah 13:16

    Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  • Job 18:5-6

    Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  • Proverbs 13:9

    The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Amos 8:9

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
put thee out. or, extinguish thee.
Job 18:5,6; Pr 13:9
I will cover the heaven.Destroy the empire.
30:3,18; Ex 10:21-23; Isa 13:10; 34:4; Jer 13:16; Joe 2:2,31; 3:15
Am 8:9; Mt 24:29; Re 6:12,13
make.Overwhelm the dependent states.
the sun.The king.
the moon.The queen, or some state less than the kingdom.

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 32:8

    All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 32:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cuando te habré muerto, cubriré los cielos, y haré entenebrecer sus estrellas: el sol cubriré con nublado, y la luna no hará resplandecer su luz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et quand je t’éteindrai, je couvrirai les cieux, et j’obscurcirai leurs étoiles; je couvrirai le soleil de nuages, et la lune ne fera pas luire sa clarté.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde, wenn ich dich auslösche, den Himmel bedecken und seine Sterne verdunkeln; ich werde die Sonne mit Gewölk bedecken, und der Mond wird sein Licht nicht scheinen lassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et operiam, cum extinctus fueris, cælum, et nigrescere faciam stellas ejus: solem nube tegam, et luna non dabit lumen suum.