Ezekiel 32:1

Bishop's Bible

In the twelfth yere, the first day of ye twelfth moneth, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
On the first day of the twelfth month in the twelfth year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,

New Living Translation
On March 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the Lord :

New American Standard Bible
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Century Version
It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

New English Translation
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Amplified Bible
In the twelfth year [after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken into exile by the king of Babylon], in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

English Standard Version
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

World English Bible
It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was don in the tweluethe yeer, in the tweluethe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me,

English Revised Version
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Twelve years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the first day of the twelfth month. He said:

American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And it came about in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Complete Jewish Bible
On the first day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year, the word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe in the twelfth yeere, in the twelft moneth, in the first day of the moneth, that the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;

New Life Bible
On the first day of the twelfth month in the twelfth year, the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the twelfth yeere in the twelfth moneth, and in the first day of the moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
AND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh me unto me, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
On the first day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me.

Christian Standard Bible®
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

King James Version
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Lexham English Bible
And then in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And it happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the xij. yeare, the first daye of the xij. Moneth, the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:

THE MESSAGE
In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, sing a funeral lament over Pharaoh king of Egypt. Tell him: "‘You think you're a young lion prowling through the nations. You're more like a dragon in the ocean, snorting and thrashing about.

New King James Version
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And it happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ In the twelfth yere, the first day of ye twelfth moneth, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: ² Thou sonne of man, take vp a lamentation vpon Pharao the king of Egypt, and say vnto him, thou art lyke a lion of the heathen, and as a whale fishe in the sea: thou drawest out thy riuers, thou troublest the waters with thy feete, and stampest in their riuers. ³ Thus saith the Lorde God, I wyll spreade my nette ouer thee with a great multitude of people, these shal make thee come vp into my net. ⁴ For I wyll leaue thee vpon the lande, and cast thee vpon the open fielde, and I wyll cause all the foules of the ayre to remaine vpon thee, & fill all the beastes of the fielde with thee. ⁵ Thy flesh wyll I lay vpon the hils, and fill the valleyes with thy highnesse. ⁶ I wyll water thyne ouerflowing lande with thy blood euen to the mountaynes, and the riuers shalbe ful of thee. ⁷ When thou art put out, I wyll couer the heauen, and make his starres dim: I wyll spreade a cloude ouer the sunne, and the moone shall not geue her light. ⁸ All the lightes of heauen wyll I make darke for thee: and bring darkenesse vpon thy lande, saith the Lorde God. ⁹ I wyll stirre vp to anger the heartes of many people, when I bring thy destruction among the heathen, and vpon the countries which thou knowest not. ¹⁰ Yea, I wyll make many people amased at thee, and their kinges shalbe astonished with feare for thee, when I shall make my sworde to glitter against their faces: and they shalbe afraide at euery moment euery man for his owne lyfe, in the day of thy fall.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3417, bc 587

in the twelfth: On Wednesday, March 22, am 3417, the twelfth year of Jeconiah's captivity, about a year and half after the destruction of Jerusalem, and at a time when Pharaoh was in power and prosperity. Ezekiel 32:17, Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 29:1, Ezekiel 29:17, Ezekiel 30:20

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 44:30 - I will Ezekiel 20:1 - in the seventh Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year Ezekiel 40:1 - In the five

Cross-References

Genesis 32:16
And deliuered them into the handes of his seruauntes, euery droue by them selues, and sayde vnto his seruauntes: go foorth before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue.

Genesis 32:17
And he commaunded the formost, saying: If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, whose art thou? and whyther goest thou? and whose are these [that go] before thee?

Psalms 34:7
The angell of God campeth rounde about them that feare hym: and deliuereth them.

Psalms 91:11
For he wyll geue his angels charge ouer thee: to kepe thee in all thy wayes.

1 Corinthians 3:22
Whether it be Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, either the worlde, either lyfe, or death, whether they be present thinges, or thynges to come, all are yours:

Ephesians 3:10
To thintent that nowe vnto the rulers and power in heauenly [thynges] myght be knowen by ye Church, the very manyfolde wysedome of God:

Hebrews 1:4
Beyng so much more excellent then the Angels, as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellent name then they.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in the twelfth year,.... Of Jeconiah's captivity, above a year and a half after the taking of Jerusalem; the Syriac version reads in the eleventh year:

in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month; the month Adar, which answers to part of our February, and part of March; the Septuagint version reads it the tenth month: according to Bishop Usher t, this was on the twenty second of March, on the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), 3417 A.M.or 587 years before Christ:

that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; as follows:

t Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3417.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the twelfth month - About one year and seven months after the destruction of Jerusalem. In the meantime had occurred the murder of Gedaliah and the flight into Egypt of the Jews left behind by the Chaldaeans Jer. 41–43. Jeremiah, who had accompanied them, foretold their ruin Jeremiah 44:0 in a prophecy probably contemporaneous with the present - the sixth against Egypt, delivered in the form of a dirge Ezekiel 44:2-16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXII

The prophet goes on to predict the fall of the king of Egypt,

under the figure of an animal of prey, such as a lion or

crocodile, caught, slain, and his carcass left a prey to the

fowls and wild beasts, 1-6.

The figure is then changed; and the greatness of his fall

(described by the darkening of the sun, moon, and stars)

strikes terror into all the surrounding nations, 7-10.

The prophet adds, that the overthrow of the then reigning

Egyptian dynasty was to be effected by the instrumentality of

the king of Babylon, who should leave Egypt so desolate, that

its waters, (alluding to the metaphor used in the second

verse,) should run as pure and smooth as oil, without the foot

of man or the hoof of a beast to disturb them, 11-16.

A beautiful, nervous, and concise description of a land ruined

and left utterly desolate. In the remaining part of the chapter

the same event is pourtrayed by one of the boldest figures ever

attempted in any composition, and which at the same time is

executed with astonishing perspicuity and force. God is

introduced ordering a place in the lower regions for the king

of Egypt and his host, 17, 18.

The prophet delivers his messsage, pronounces their fate, and

commands those who buried the slain to drag him and his

multitudes to the subterraneous mansions, 19, 20.

At the tumult and commotion which this mighty work occasions,

the infernal shades are represented as roused from their

couches to learn the cause. They see and congratulate the king

of Egypt, on his arrival among them, 21.

Pharaoh being now introduced into this immense subterraneous

cavern, (see the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah, where a similar

imagery is employed,) the prophet leads him all around the

sides of the pit; shows him the gloomy mansions of former

tyrants, tells their names as he goes along; beautifully

contrasts their former pomp and destructive ambition, when they

were a terror to the surrounding states, with their present

most abject and helpless condition; declares that all these

oppressors of mankind have not only been cut off out of the

land of the living, but have gone down into the grave

uncircumcised, that is, they have died in their sins, and

therefore shall have no resurrection to eternal life; and

concludes with showing Pharaoh the place destined for him in

the midst of the uncircumcised, and of them that have been

slain by the sword, 22-32.

This prophetic ode may be considered as a finished model in

that species of writing which is appropriated to the exciting

of terror. The imagery throughout is sublime and terrible; and

no reader of sensibility and taste can accompany the prophet in

this funeral procession, and visit the mansions of Hades,

without being impressed with a degree of awe nearly approaching

to horror.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXII

Verse Ezekiel 32:1. In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month — On Wednesday, March 22, the twelfth year of the captivity of Jeconiah, A.M. 3417.

Instead of the twelfth year, five of Kennicott's MSS., and eight of De Rossi's, read בעשתי עשרה in the eleventh year. This reading is supported by the Syriac; and is confirmed by an excellent MS. of my own, about four hundred years old.