Ezekiel 32:15
What does Ezekiel 32:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 32:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When I make Egypt an unpeopled waste, cutting off from the land all the things in it; when I send punishment on all those living in it, then it will be clear to them that I am the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In My making the land of Egypt a desolation, And desolated hath been the land of its fulness, In My smiting all the inhabitants in it, And they have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When I shall have made the land of Egypt desolate: and the land shall be destitute of her fulness, when I shall have struck all the inhabitants thereof and they shall know that I am the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When I shall make the land of Egypt a desolation, and the country shall be left desolate of all that was in it, when I have smitten all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I [am] Jehovah.
Context
v.14Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.
v.15This passage
v.16This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 9:16
Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. [Higgaion. Selah
- Psalms 83:17
Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
- Ezekiel 29:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
- Exodus 14:4
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host: and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.
- Psalms 107:33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
- Ezekiel 6:7
And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
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