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Christian Standard Bible ®

Ezekiel 32:14

Then I will let their waters settleand will make their rivers flow like oil.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Oil;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord GOD.
King James Version
Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God .
English Standard Version
Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, declares the Lord God .
New American Standard Bible
"Then I will make their waters settle, And make their rivers run like oil," Declares the Lord GOD.
New Century Version
So I will let the Egyptians' water become clear. I will cause their rivers to run as smoothly as olive oil, says the Lord God .
Amplified Bible
"Then I will make their waters quiet and clear; I will make their rivers run [slowly and smoothly] like oil," Says the Lord GOD.
World English Bible
Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then will I make their waters deepe, and cause their riuers to runne like oyle, sayeth the Lord God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then I will make their waters settle And will cause their rivers to run like oil," Declares the Lord GOD.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I will make their waters settleAnd will cause their rivers to run like oil,"Declares Lord Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil, declares the Lord GOD.
Contemporary English Version
The water will be clear, and streams will be calm. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then I will make their water clear and cause their streams to flow like oil,' says Adonai Elohim .
Darby Translation
Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
So I will make the water in Egypt calm. I will cause their rivers to run slowly—they will be slick like oil." This is what the Lord God said.
George Lamsa Translation
Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run smooth like oil, says the LORD God.
Good News Translation
I will let your waters settle and become clear and let your rivers run calm. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken.
Lexham English Bible
Then I will make their waters settle, and their rivers as the olive oil I will let flow," declares the Lord Yahweh.
Literal Translation
Then I will make their waters sink and cause their rivers to go down like oil, says the Lord Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wil I make their waters cleare, and cause their floudes to runne like oyle, sayeth the LORDE God:
American Standard Version
Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Then I will make their waters clear and their rivers will be flowing like oil, says the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then will I make their waters to settle, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.
King James Version (1611)
Then will I make their waters deepe, and cause their riuers to runne like oyle, saith the Lord God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then wyll I make their waters deepe, and cause their riuers to runne lyke oyle, saith the Lorde God,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus shall their waters then be at rest, and their rivers shall flow like oil, saith the Lord,
English Revised Version
Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne Y schal yelde the watris of hem clenneste, and Y schal brynge the floodis of hem as oile, seith the Lord God,
Update Bible Version
Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.
New English Translation
Then I will make their waters calm, and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord .
New King James Version
Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,' Says the Lord GOD.
New Living Translation
Then I will let the waters of Egypt become calm again, and they will flow as smoothly as olive oil, says the Sovereign Lord .
New Life Bible
I will make their waters clear and make their rivers flow like oil," says the Lord God.
New Revised Standard
Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their streams to run like oil, says the Lord God .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, will I make their waters subside, And their streams - like, will I cause to flow, - Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God:
Revised Standard Version
Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord GOD.
Young's Literal Translation
Then do I cause their waters to sink, And their rivers as oil I cause to go, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Contextual Overview

1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, 3“‘This is what the Lord God says: 4I will abandon you on the landand throw you onto the open field.I will cause all the birds of the skyto settle on youand let the wild creatures of the entire eartheat their fill of you. 5I will put your flesh on the mountainsand fill the valleys with your carcass. 6I will drench the landwith the flow of your blood,even to the mountains;the ravines will be filled with your gore. 7“‘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. 8I will darken all the shining lightsin the heavens over you,and will bring darkness on your land. 9“‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples,when I bring about your destructionamong the nations,in countries you have not known. 10I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,and their kings will shudder with fear because of youwhen I brandish my sword in front of them.On the day of your downfalleach of them will trembleevery moment for his life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and cause: The neighbouring countries shall be in a state of quietness, like a river that smoothly glides along, having no longer a political crocodile to foul their waters, or to disturb their peace.

Cross-References

Genesis 30:43
And the man became very rich. He had many flocks, female and male slaves, and camels and donkeys.
Genesis 31:9
God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.
Genesis 31:16
In fact, all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has said to you.”
Deuteronomy 8:18
but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
1 Samuel 25:2
A man in Maon had a business in Carmel; he was a very rich man with three thousand sheep and one thousand goats and was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Job 1:3
His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
Job 42:12
So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then will l make their waters deep,.... Either the water, of Egypt literally, the waters of the Nile: no canals being cut from it, to carry the water to the several parts of the land, the land being depopulated, and no business done: or, figuratively, other nations, compared to waters for their numbers, who before had been disturbed by the Egyptians; but now they being destroyed, these would be at ease, like troubled waters, which subside, and: become deep and clear, when there is none to trouble them:

and cause their, rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God; very slowly, as if, they were mourning the unhappy condition of the land; or smoothly, clearly, undisturbed, as before. The Targum is,

"there will I cause the people to rest, and I will lead their kings quietly, saith the Lord God.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A promise of a return of God’s favor. This concerns not the restoration of Egypt’s original power, but the establishment of the Divine Ruler in the place of a pagan God-opposing power.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 32:14. Cause their rivers to run like oil — Bring the whole state into quietness, there being no longer a political hippopotamus to foul the waters-to disturb the peace of the country.


 
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