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Egypt Cast into the Pit

Ezekiel 32:20

In 11 translations

BSB
They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
KJV
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.she…: or, the sword is laid
WEB
They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes.
ASV
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.
LSV
They fall in the midst of the pierced of the sword, || She has been given [to] the sword, || They drew her out, and all her multitude.
YLT
In the midst of the pierced of the sword they fall, [To] the sword she hath been given, They drew her out, and all her multitude.
DBY
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.
DRC
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.
GNV
They shall fall in the middes of them that are slaine by the sword: shee is deliuered to the sword: draw her downe, and all her multitude.
JPS
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword; she is delivered to the sword; draw her down and all her multitudes.
LXXE
They shall fall with him in the midst of them that are slain with the sword, and all his strength shall perish: the giants also shall say to thee,

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּת֥וֹךְ חַלְלֵי־חֶ֖רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ חֶ֣רֶב נִתָּ֔נָה מָשְׁכ֥וּ אוֹתָ֖הּ וְכָל־הֲמוֹנֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐν μέσῳ μαχαίρας τραυματιῶν πεσοῦνται μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κοιμηθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ·

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  • Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
  • Ezekiel 32:23–26Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living. Elam is there with all her…
  • Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
  • Ezekiel 32:29–30Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit. All the leaders of the north and…
  • Ezekiel 29:8–12Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast. The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you…
  • Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

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