Ezekiel 32:7

Complete Jewish Bible

When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky and make its stars black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘When I snuff you out,I will cover the heavensand darken their stars.I will cover the sun with a cloud,and the moon will not give its light.

Hebrew Names Version
When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

King James Version
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

English Standard Version
When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

New American Standard Bible
"And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.

New Century Version
When I make you disappear, I will cover the sky and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

Amplified Bible
"And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.

World English Bible
When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when I shall put thee out, I will couer the heauen, and make the starres thereof darke: I will couer the sunne with a cloude, and the moone shall not giue her light.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when I extinguish you,I will cover the heavens and darken their stars;I will cover the sun with a cloud,And the moon will not give its light.

Berean Standard Bible
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Contemporary English Version
I will cover the whole sky and every star with thick clouds, so that the sun and moon will stop shining.

Darby Translation
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Easy-to-Read Version
I will make you disappear. I will cover the sky and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

George Lamsa Translation
And when I shall put the light out of you, I will cover the heavens and make the stars thereof dark; the sun shall be covered with clouds, and the moon shall not give her light.

Good News Translation
When I destroy you, I will cover the sky and blot out the stars. The sun will hide behind the clouds, and the moon will give no light.

Lexham English Bible
And I will cover you at extinguishing your heavens, and I will make dark their stars, and I will cover the sun with the cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Literal Translation
And I will cover the heavens when I quench you, and I will darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When thou art put out, I will couer the heauen, and make his starres dymme. I will sprede a cloude ouer the Sonne, ad the Moone shall not geue hir light.

American Standard Version
And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Bible in Basic English
And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

King James Version (1611)
And when I shall put thee out, I wil couer the heauen, and make the starres thereof darke: I will couer the sunne with a cloud, and the moone shall not giue her light.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will veil the heavens when thou art extinguished, and will darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

English Revised Version
And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thou schalt be quenchid, Y schal hile heuenes, and Y schal make blak the sterris therof; Y schal kyuere the sunne with a clowde, and the moone schal not yyue hir liyt.

Update Bible Version
And when I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

New English Translation
When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

New King James Version
When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light.

New Living Translation
When I blot you out, I will veil the heavens and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give you its light.

New Life Bible
When I destroy you, I will cover the heavens and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

New Revised Standard
When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens, and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And when I quench thee, I will cover the heavens, And obscure their stars, - The sun - with a cloud, will I cover, And the moon shall not shed her light;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will cover the heavens, when thou shalt be put out, and I will make the stars thereof dark: I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Revised Standard Version
When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens, and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Young's Literal Translation
And in quenching thee I have covered the heavens, And have made black their stars, The sun with a cloud I do cover, And the moon causeth not its light to shine.

Contextual Overview

¹ On the first day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year, the word of Adonai came to me: ² "Human being, raise a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt; say to him, ‘You compared yourself to a lion among the nations; In fact, you are more like a crocodile in the lakes. You burst out of your streams, churn the water with your feet and foul their streams.' ³ "So here is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘With many nations assembled, I will spread my net over you, and they will haul you up in my dragnet. ⁴ Then I will throw you on the shore, hurl you into an open field, make all the birds in the air settle on you and let the animals of the whole earth eat their fill of you. ⁵ I will leave your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your rotting carcass. ⁶ I will drench the land in which you swim with your blood, as far as the mountains; the waterways will be full of you. ⁷ When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky and make its stars black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. ⁸ All the shining lights in the sky I will darken above you; I will spread darkness over your land,' says Adonai Elohim . ⁹ "‘I will anger many peoples when I bring your destroyed ones in among the nations, into countries you have not known. ¹⁰ I will make many peoples aghast at you; their kings will shudder in horror over you when I brandish my sword before them. On the day of your downfall they will tremble continuously, each man in fear of his life.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

put thee out: or, extinguish thee, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Proverbs 13:9

I will cover the heaven: Destroy the empire. Ezekiel 30:3, Ezekiel 30:18, Exodus 10:21-23, Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 34:4, Jeremiah 13:16, Joel 2:2, Joel 2:31, Joel 3:15, Amos 8:9, Matthew 24:29, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 6:13

make: Overwhelm the dependent states.

the sun: The king.

the moon: The queen, or some state less than the kingdom.

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - and let Job 9:7 - sealeth Isaiah 5:30 - if one look Isaiah 24:23 - the moon Jeremiah 4:23 - the heavens Lamentations 2:1 - covered Joel 2:10 - the sun Mark 13:24 - General Luke 21:25 - signs Revelation 8:12 - and the third part of the sun

Cross-References

Genesis 32:4
When Ya‘akov saw them, he said, "This is God's camp," and called that place Machanayim [two camps]. Haftarah Vayetze: Hoshea (Hosea) 12:13(12)–14:10(9) (A); 11:7–12:12(11) (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested reading for Parashah Vayetze: Yochanan (John) 1:43–51 Ya‘akov sent messengers ahead of him to ‘Esav his brother toward the land of Se‘ir, the country of Edom,

Genesis 32:5
with these instructions: "Here is what you are to say to my lord ‘Esav: ‘Your servant Ya‘akov says, "I have been living with Lavan and have stayed until now.

Genesis 32:8
Ya‘akov became greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people, flocks, cattle and camels with him into two camps,

Genesis 32:10
Then Ya‘akov said, "God of my father Avraham and God of my father Yitz'chak, Adonai , who told me, ‘Return to your country and your kinsmen, and I will do you good':

Genesis 32:11
I'm not worthy of all the love and faithfulness you have shown your servant, since I crossed the Yarden with only my staff. But now I have become two camps.

Genesis 35:3
We're going to move on and go up to Beit-El. There I will build an altar to God, who answered me when I was in such distress and stayed with me wherever I went."

Exodus 14:10
As Pharaoh approached, the people of Isra'el looked up and saw the Egyptians right there, coming after them. In great fear the people of Isra'el cried out to Adonai

Psalms 31:13
Like a dead man, I have passed from their minds; I have become like a broken pot.

Psalms 61:2
Hear my cry, God; listen to my prayer.

Psalms 107:6
In their trouble they cried to Adonai , and he rescued them from their distress.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when I shall put thee out,.... As a candle is put out, or some great light or blazing torch is extinguished; such was the king of Egypt in his splendour and glory; but now should be like a lamp put out in obscure darkness, and all his brightness and glory removed from him,

Job 18:5:

I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; with the smoke that should arise at the extinguishing of this lamp; or they should be covered with mourning, or clad in black, at the destruction of this monarch and his monarchy:

I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light; all which figures are sometimes made use of to denote the dissolution of kingdoms and states: the "heaven" being an emblem of a kingdom itself; the "sun" of an emperor or king, or kingly power; the "moon" of the queen, or of the priesthood; the "stars" of nobles, princes, counsellors, and such like eminent persons, useful in government; who being destroyed or removed, the light and glory, the prosperity and happiness of a kingdom, are gone; see

Isaiah 13:10. The Targum is,

"tribulation shall cover thee when I shall extinguish the splendour of the glory of thy kingdom from heaven; and the people of thine army shall be lessened, who are many as the stars; a king with his army shall cover thee as a cloud that ascends and covers the sun, and as the moon, whose light does not shine in the day.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 32:7. I will cover the heaven — Destroy the empire.

Make the stars thereof dark — Overwhelm all the dependent states.

I will cover the sun — The king himself.

And the moon shall not give her light. — The queen may be meant, or some state less than the kingdom.