King James Version
Ezekiel 32:19 in the King James Version says “Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.”
Ezekiel 32:19 · KJV
It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
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
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“go down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“and be thou laid”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“with the uncircumcised”
H6189properly, exposed, i.e., projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e., still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
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