Ezekiel 32:21

¹⁹ 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.

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.’

²² Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.

²³ Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

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: 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.’
KJV: The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
WEB: The strong among the mighty will speak to him out of the middle of Sheol with those who help him. They have gone down. The uncircumcised lie still, slain by the sword.
ASV: The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
DARBY: The strong among the mighty, with them that helped him, shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol: they are gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
BLB: The chiefs of the mighty ones will speak concerning him from the midst of Sheol, with his helpers: ‘They have gone down, they have lain down with the uncircumcised, those slain by the sword.’

ÅB: Kjempenes høvdinger taler midt ut fra dødsriket om ham[^5] og hans hjelpere: De har faret ned, de ligger der, de uomskårne, drept med sverdet.
OTB: De mektige lederne vil tale om Egypt og hennes allierte fra de dødes rike: ‘De har kommet ned og ligger med de uomskårne, med dem som er drept med sverdet.’
B1930: Kjempenes høvdinger taler midt ut fra dødsriket om ham og hans hjelpere: De har faret ned, de ligger der, de uomskårne, drept med sverdet. / < Farao.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 14:9–10
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.
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Ezekiel 32:27
They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
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Psalms 55:15
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
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Ezekiel 32:19
Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!
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Psalms 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
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Proverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
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Numbers 16:30–34
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
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Luke 16:23–24
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
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