Ezekiel 32:20

What does Ezekiel 32:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 32:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Among those who have been put to the sword: they will give a resting-place with them to all their people.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

In the midst of the pierced of the sword they fall, <FI>To<Fi> the sword she hath been given, They drew her out, and all her multitude.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain with the sword: the sword is given, they have drawn her down, and all her people.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword. The sword hath been given: draw her out, and all her multitudes.

Context

v.19Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

v.20This passage

v.21The 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 22:19

    He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

  • Proverbs 24:11

    Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

  • Ezekiel 29:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.

  • Psalms 28:3

    Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ezekiel 32:23

    whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

  • Ezekiel 32:29

    There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

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