Ezekiel 32:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.”

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BSBPD

“They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In the midst of the pierced of the sword they fall, <FI>To<Fi> the sword she hath been given, They drew her out, and all her multitude.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 32:20 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
  3. Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
  4. Ezekiel 29:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
  5. Ezekiel 32:23Her 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.
  6. Ezekiel 32:29Edom 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.

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