Ezekiel 32:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Who do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִמִּ֖י נָעָ֑מְתָּ רְדָ֥ה וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה אֶת־עֲרֵלִֽים׃

Transliteration

From whom nā'āmtā rĕdâh and hāshkĕbâh 'et-'ărēlîm.

Grammar Details

• *nā'āmtā*: qal perfect 2ms - you were pleasant
• *rĕdâh*: qal imperative ms - go down
• *hāshkĕbâh*: hophal imperative ms - be laid down
• *'et*: preposition - with
• *'ărēlîm*: masculine plural noun - uncircumcised ones

Word Meanings

• *nā'āmtā*: you were pleasant/you were lovely/whom do you surpass in beauty
• *rĕdâh*: go down/descend
• *hāshkĕbâh*: be laid down/be laid to rest
• *'ărēlîm*: uncircumcised ones/uncircumcised

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Whom do you surpass in beauty? go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Whom dost thou pass in beauty?{H5276} go down,{H3381} and be thou laid{H7901} with the uncircumcised.{H6189}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Whom dost thou pass in beauty{H5276}{(H8804)}? go down{H3381}{(H8798)}, and be thou laid{H7901}{(H8713)} with the uncircumcised{H6189}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Downe (how fayre so euer thou be) and laye the with the vncircircumcised.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whome doest thou passe in beautie? goe downe and sleepe with the vncircumcised.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Whom doest thou passe in beautie? go downe and sleepe with the vncircumcized.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Than whom hast thou been more pleasant? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Are you more beautiful than any? go down, and take your rest among those without circumcision,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Say to them,‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!’

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 31:18 : 18 To whom can you be compared in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you too will be brought down to the lower earth, lying among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 32:29-30 : 29 Edom is there with her kings and all her princes, who despite their might, are laid with those killed by the sword. They will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit. 30 There lie the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who went down with the slain in their terror because of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword, bearing their shame with those who go down to the pit.
• Ezek 31:2 : 2 Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his vast multitude: 'Who can compare to you in your greatness?'
• Ezek 32:21 : 21 The mighty chiefs will speak of them from the midst of Sheol, with their allies. They have gone down, lying with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
• Ezek 32:24 : 24 Elam is there with all her multitude around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword. They went down uncircumcised to the earth below, having spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.
• Ezek 28:10 : 10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hand of outsiders, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.
• Jer 9:25-25 : 25 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all who live in the wilderness and shave the edges of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
• Ezek 27:3-4 : 3 and say to Tyre, situated at the gateways of the sea, a merchant of peoples to many coastlands: 'Thus says the Lord God: Tyre, you have declared, "I am perfect in beauty."' 4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
• 1 Sam 17:26 : 26 David said to the men standing with him, 'What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?'
• 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 'Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.'
• Isa 14:9-9 : 9 Sheol below stirs up to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the dead—all the leaders of the earth—and raises from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 They all respond and say to you, 'You too have become weak as we are; you have become like us!' 11 Your pride has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Beneath you is a bed of maggots, and worms cover you. 12 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, you who laid low the nations. 13 You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the north.' 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. 15 But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.
• Ezek 28:12-17 : 12 Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering: ruby, topaz, and diamond; beryl, onyx, and jasper; sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; and gold. The workmanship of your settings and mountings was prepared for you on the day you were created. 14 You were an anointed guardian cherub, and I placed you on the holy mountain of God. You walked among the stones of fire. 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until wickedness was found in you. 16 Through your widespread trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the stones of fire. 17 Your heart became proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.