Ezekiel 32:21

What does Ezekiel 32:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 32:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The strong among the great ones will say to him from the underworld, Are you more beautiful than any? go down, you and your helpers, and take your rest among those without circumcision, and those who have been put to the sword.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Speak to him do the gods of the mighty out of the midst of sheol, With his helpers--they have gone down, They have lain with the uncircumcised, The pierced of the sword.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The most mighty among the strong ones shall speak to him from the midst of hell, they that went down with his helpers and slept uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.20They 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.

v.21This passage

v.22Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 32:19

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

  • Isaiah 1:31

    And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

  • Ezekiel 32:24

    There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

  • Isaiah 14:9

    Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

  • Psalms 9:17

    The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

  • Numbers 16:30

    But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

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