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.
Ezekiel 32:8 in other translations
| BSB | All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD. |
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| WEB | I will make all the bright lights of the sky dark over you, and set darkness on your land,” says the Lord GOD. |
| ASV | All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah. |
| YLT | All luminaries of light in the heavens, I make black over thee, And I have given darkness over thy land, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, |
| DARBY | All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah. |
| BBE | All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord. |
| Webster | All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. |
What does Ezekiel 32:8 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Ezekiel 32:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 32:8
- Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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Context
- 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.
- Ezekiel 32:9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
Ezekiel 32:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todas las lumbreras de luz haré entenebrecer en el cielo por ti, y pondré tinieblas sobre tu tierra, dice el Señor Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tous les luminaires qui luisent dans les cieux, je les obscurcirai à cause de toi, et je mettrai les ténèbres sur ton pays, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle leuchtenden Lichter am Himmel werde ich deinetwegen verdunkeln, und ich werde Finsternis über dein Land bringen, spricht der Herr, Jehova. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnia luminaria cæli mœrere faciam super te, et dabo tenebras super terram tuam, dicit Dominus Deus, cum ceciderint vulnerati tui in medio terræ, ait Dominus Deus. |