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Ezekiel 32:20

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.

KJV

In medio interfectorum gladio cadent ; gladius datus est : attraxerunt eam et omnes populos ejus.

Vulgate

ἐν μέσῳ μαχαίρας τραυματιῶν πεσοῦνται μετ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κοιμηθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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.

ASV

בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ חַלְלֵי חֶ֖רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ חֶ֣רֶב נִתָּ֔נָה מָשְׁכ֥וּ אוֹתָ֖/הּ וְ/כָל הֲמוֹנֶֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֲמ֥וֹן
hmvn
noun · 83×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
חַלְלֵי
chlly
adjective · 92×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מָשַׁ֤ךְ
mshk
verb · 35×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§633Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, "hell" - Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek - because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God.479 Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the poor man L…

Cross-references

  • Ezek 32:23 — Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
  • Ps 28:3 — Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.