Ezekiel 32:27
25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
- WEB
- They will not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war and have laid their swords under their heads. Their iniquities are on their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
- ASV
- And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, that are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for [they were] the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
- DARBY
- And they lie not with the mighty, [that are] fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war; and whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
- BLB
- And they lie down, not with the mighty ones, those having fallen of old, who have gone down [to] Sheol with their weapons of war; and they have laid their swords under their heads, and their shields will be upon their bones, for the terror of the mighty ones in the land of the living.
- ÅB
- Skulle de da ikke ligge hos kjemper, hos dem som er falt blant de uomskårne, som fór ned til dødsriket med sine krigsvåpen, og hvis sverd ble lagt under deres hoder, og hvis misgjerning tynget på deres ben, fordi det hadde vært redsel for kjempene i de levendes land?
- OTB
- Men de ligger ikke med de falne krigerne fra gammeltid, som gikk ned til de dødes rike med sine krigsvåpen—deres sverd plassert under deres hoder og deres skjold hvilende på deres ben—selv om disse krigerne også hadde terrorisert de levendes land.
- B1930
- Skulde de da ikke ligge hos kjemper, hos dem som er falt blandt de uomskårne, som fór ned til dødsriket med sine krigsvåben, og hvis sverd blev lagt under deres hoder, og hvis misgjerning tynget på deres ben, fordi det hadde vært redsel for kjempene i de levendes land?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 14:18–19
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
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As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Read in contextEzekiel 32:21
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.
Read in contextJob 3:13–15
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Read in contextJob 20:11
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Read in contextJohn 8:24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Read in contextProverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Read in contextPsalms 92:9
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
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