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Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Say to them, ‘O Egypt, are you lovelier than the other nations? No! So go down to the pit and lie there among the outcasts.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.’ <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Whom [among them] do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised (the barbaric, the boorish, the crude).’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who do you surpass in loveliness? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who do you surpass in loveliness? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Say to them: You may be more beautiful than the people of other nations, but you will also die and join the godless in the world below. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"[Tell them,] 'Are you more beautiful than anyone else? Go down and join the godless people.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Say to them: "Do you think you are more beautiful than anyone else? You will go down to the world of the dead and lie there among the ungodly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"So who's more beautiful than you? You'll be buried with the uncircumcised. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Say to them, 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />'Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Whom have you surpassed in beauty? Go down, and be laid with [the] uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Than whom hast thou been more pleasant? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Above whom wert thou lovely? go down, and lie with the uncircumcised.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whom dost thou excel in beauty? go down and sleep with the uncircumcised. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Whom do you exceed in beauty? Descend and sleep with the uncircumcised!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Whom do you excel in beauty? Go down! Be laid to rest with the uncircumcised! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down! Be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Come down from the sweet water, and go down to sleep with the uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Come down from the sweet waters, and lie down with the uncircumcised<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Whom dost thou pass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=9318" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/32.htm">Egypt Cast into the Pit</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit: <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mim·mî (Prep-m:: Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/5276.htm" title="5276: nā·‘ā·mə·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To be pleasant, delightful, or lovely. A primitive root; to be agreeable.">do you surpass in beauty?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: rə·ḏāh (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To come or go down, descend. ">Go down</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: wə·hā·šə·kə·ḇāh (Conj-w:: V-Hofal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">and be placed</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (Prep) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/6189.htm" title="6189: ‘ă·rê·lîm (Adj-mp) -- Having foreskin (uncircumcised). Rom arel; properly, exposed, i.e. Projecting loose; used only technically, uncircumcised.">the uncircumcised!</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9-11</a></span><br />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. / They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!” / Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a></span><br />Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-13.htm">Revelation 20:13-15</a></span><br />The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. / Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. / And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm">Isaiah 14:15-17</a></span><br />But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. / Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble, / who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Ezekiel 31:16-17</a></span><br />I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. / They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-3</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a></span><br />“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Jeremiah 51:39</a></span><br />While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Isaiah 5:14</a></span><br />Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-15.htm">Luke 10:15</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/28-8.htm">Ezekiel 28:8-10</a></span><br />They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas. / Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you. / You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19-20</a></span><br />But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. / You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Whom do you pass in beauty? go down, and be you laid with the uncircumcised.</p><p class="hdg">dost</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Ezekiel 27:3,4</a></b></br> And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, <i>which art</i> a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I <i>am</i> of perfect beauty… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/28-12.htm">Ezekiel 28:12-17</a></b></br> Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/31-2.htm">Ezekiel 31:2,18</a></b></br> Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? … </p><p class="hdg">go</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9-15</a></b></br> Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet <i>thee</i> at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, <i>even</i> all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations… </p><p class="hdg">with</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/32-21.htm">Ezekiel 32:21,24,29,30</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10</a></b></br> Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken <i>it</i>, saith the Lord GOD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/17-26.htm">1 Samuel 17:26,36</a></b></br> And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who <i>is</i> this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/31-9.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-8.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-21.htm">Favored</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-12.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm">Others</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-4.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-2.htm">Surpass</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Uncircumcised</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/32-21.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/daniel/11-16.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-25.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-21.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/luke/1-28.htm">Favored</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-29.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">Others</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-32.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-21.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/matthew/5-20.htm">Surpass</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-21.htm">Uncircumcised</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/32-1.htm">A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/32-11.htm">The sword of Babylon shall destroy it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/32-17.htm">It shall be brought down to hell, among all the uncircumcised nations</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/32.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/32.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Whom do you surpass in beauty?</b><br>This rhetorical question challenges the pride and self-perception of Egypt, a nation known for its grandeur and splendor. In the biblical context, Egypt was often seen as a symbol of worldly power and beauty, yet here it is being questioned. This echoes the theme found in <a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Isaiah 14:13-15</a>, where the pride of Babylon is similarly addressed. The question implies that despite Egypt's perceived beauty and strength, it is not above judgment. Historically, Egypt was a dominant power, but its reliance on its own beauty and strength rather than on God led to its downfall. This can be seen as a warning against pride and self-reliance, a theme consistent throughout Scripture.<p><b>Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!</b><br>This phrase signifies Egypt's impending judgment and humiliation. In the ancient Near Eastern context, being "uncircumcised" was synonymous with being outside the covenant community of God, often referring to Gentile nations that did not know or follow Yahweh. The imagery of "going down" suggests descending into Sheol, the realm of the dead, which is a common motif in prophetic literature (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9-11</a>). This is a prophetic declaration of Egypt's fate, aligning with the broader biblical narrative where nations that oppose God and His people face judgment. Theologically, it underscores the idea that no nation, regardless of its power or beauty, is exempt from divine justice. This also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and separation of those who are not in covenant with God, as seen in the eschatological teachings of the New Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The nation being addressed in this passage. Egypt was a powerful and influential kingdom, often seen as a symbol of worldly pride and opposition to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_uncircumcised.htm">The Uncircumcised</a></b><br>This term refers to those who are not part of God's covenant people, often symbolizing those who are spiritually dead or outside of God's favor.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied. The Israelites were in captivity, and God used Ezekiel to communicate His messages of judgment and hope.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event being foretold in this passage, where Egypt is warned of its impending downfall and humiliation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/pride_leads_to_downfall.htm">Pride Leads to Downfall</a></b><br>Just as Egypt's beauty and power could not save it from judgment, personal pride can lead to spiritual downfall. We must remain humble before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>This passage reminds us that God is in control of all nations and their destinies. We should trust in His ultimate plan and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_relationship.htm">The Importance of Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>Being part of God's covenant people is crucial. The "uncircumcised" symbolize those outside of God's promises. We should strive to live in covenant faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_as_a_call_to_repentance.htm">Judgment as a Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God's warnings of judgment are opportunities for repentance. We should heed His warnings and turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>Earthly beauty and power are temporary. We should focus on eternal values and our relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 32</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_create_satan_if_he'd_rebel.htm">Why did God create Satan knowing he would rebel and lead humans astray?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_disasters_after_israel's_repentance.htm">(2 Chronicles 7:14) If God promised healing for a repentant nation, why did later disasters still befall Israel and Judah despite reported periods of repentance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_create_satan_if_he'd_cause_evil.htm">Why did God create Satan knowing he would cause evil?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">With the uncircumcised.--</span>See Note on <a href="/ezekiel/28-10.htm" title="You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 28:10</a>. All question as to the use of circumcision among the Egyptians is out of place; the word is simply used as the ordinary phrase for the heathen.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Whom dost thou pass in beauty</span>? The lamentation, as might be expected from Ezekiel's standpoint, is an illustration of irony and triumph rather than of sorrow. The question implies a negative answer. Glorious as Egypt had been, other nations had equaled her. They had passed away, and so should she. <span class="cmt_word">With the uncircumcised</span>. The words, as in <a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Ezekiel 31:18</a>, suggest the thought that Israel, so far as it was faithful to its calling, circumcised in heart as well as flesh (<a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Jeremiah 9:26</a>), had a higher and happier dwelling in Hades than the uncircumcised heathen. As the Egyptians practiced circumcision, the language of the prophet had a special significance. Their place in Hades was among the heathen to whom that hereto was unknown. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">‘Whom</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do you surpass in beauty?</span><br /><span class="heb">נָעָ֑מְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·‘ā·mə·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5276.htm">Strong's 5276: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be pleasant, delightful, or lovely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Go down</span><br /><span class="heb">רְדָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(rə·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and be placed</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·šə·kə·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the uncircumcised!</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲרֵלִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·rê·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6189.htm">Strong's 6189: </a> </span><span class="str2">Having foreskin (uncircumcised)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/32-19.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 32:19 Whom do you pass in beauty? 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