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Read›Ezekiel›Chapter 32

A Lament for Pharaoh King of Egypt

Ezekiel 32:8

In 11 translations

BSB
All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
KJV
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.bright…: Heb. lights of the light in heavendark: Heb. them dark
WEB
I will make all the bright lights of the sky dark over you, and set darkness on your land,” says the Lord Yahweh.
ASV
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.
LSV
I make all luminaries of light in the heavens black over you, || And I have given darkness over your land, || A declaration of Lord YHWH,
YLT
All luminaries of light in the heavens, I make black over thee, And I have given darkness over thy land, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,
DBY
All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.
DRC
I will make all the lights of heaven to mourn over thee: and I will cause darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God, when thy wounded shall fall in the midst of the land, saith the Lord God.
GNV
All the lightes of heauen will I make darke for thee, and bring darkenesse vpon thy lande, sayeth the Lord God.
JPS
All the bright lights of heaven will I make black over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
LXXE
All the bodies that give light in the sky, shall be darkened over thee, and I will bring darkness upon the earth, saith the Lord God.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כָּל־מְא֤וֹרֵי אוֹר֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם אַקְדִּירֵ֖ם עָלֶ֑יךָ וְנָתַ֤תִּי חֹ֨שֶׁךְ֙ עַֽל־אַרְצְךָ֔ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
LXX-Br
Πάντα τὰ φαίνοντα φῶς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, συσκοτάσουσιν ἐπὶ σέ· καὶ δώσω σκότος ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, λέγει Κύριος Κύριος.

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  • Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
  • Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

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