Ezekiel 32:19
17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
18 “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!
20 They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
21 Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!
- KJV
- Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
- WEB
- Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.
- ASV
- Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
- DARBY
- Whom dost thou surpass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
- BLB
- Whom are you pleasing? Go down, and lie down with the uncircumcised!
- ÅB
- Overgår du noen i skjønnhet? Far ned og legg deg hos de uomskårne!
- OTB
- Si til dem, ‘Hvem overgår du i skjønnhet? Gå ned og bli lagt med de uomskårne.’
- B1930
- Overgår du nogen i skjønnhet? Far ned og legg dig hos de uomskårne!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 32:29–30
Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.
Read in contextEzekiel 31:18
Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Read in contextJeremiah 9:25–26
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
Read in contextEzekiel 31:2
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
Read in contextEzekiel 32:24
Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
Read in contextEzekiel 32:21
Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
Read in contextEzekiel 28:10
You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”
Read in contextIsaiah 14:9–15
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Read in context