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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Ezekiel 32:15

When I make the land of Egypt an astonishment A land laid bare of its fulness, When I cut off all that dwell therein, Then shall they know that, I am Yahweh.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Desolation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Religion;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When I make the land of Egypt a desolation,so that it is emptied of everything in it,when I strike down all who live there,then they will know that I am the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
When I shall make the land of Mitzrayim desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall strike all those who dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
King James Version
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord .
English Standard Version
When I make the land of Egypt desolate, and when the land is desolate of all that fills it, when I strike down all who dwell in it, then they will know that I am the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
"When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, And the land is destitute of that which filled it, When I strike all those who live in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
New Century Version
When I make the land of Egypt empty and take everything that is in the land, when I destroy all those who live in Egypt, then they will know that I am the Lord .'
Amplified Bible
"When I make the land of Egypt desolate, And the country is stripped and deprived of all that which filled it, When I strike all those who live in it, Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.
World English Bible
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall strike all those who dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the countrey with all that is therein, shall be laid waste: when I shall smite all them which dwell therein, then shall they know yt I am ye Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, And the land is destitute of that which filled it, When I smite all those who live in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
Legacy Standard Bible
"When I make the land of Egypt a desolation,And the land is desolate of its fullness,When I strike all those who inhabit it,Then they shall know that I am Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.'
Contemporary English Version
Egypt will become a barren wasteland, and no living thing will ever survive there. Then you and your people will know that I am the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
‘When I make the land of Egypt a ruined waste, a land stripped of all that filled it; when I strike all those who live there; they will know that I am Adonai .
Darby Translation
When I shall make the land of Egypt a desolation, and the country shall be left desolate of all that was in it, when I have smitten all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I [am] Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"I will make the land of Egypt empty. That land will lose everything. I will punish all the people living in Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord !
George Lamsa Translation
When I have made the land of Egypt desolate, the land shall be destitute in its fullness; when I shall smite all its inhabitants, they shall know that I am the LORD.
Good News Translation
When I make Egypt a desolate wasteland and destroy all who live there, they will know that I am the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
"Then I make the land of Egypt a desolation, so that the land will be stripped from its fullness when I strike all of those dwelling in it, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
Literal Translation
When I shall make the land of Egypt a ruin, and the land shall be wasted of its fullness when I shall strike all those who dwell in it; then they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
when I make the londe of Egipte desolate, and when ye countre with all that is therin, shalbe layde waist: and whe I smyte all the which dwell in it, that they maye knowe, that I am the LORDE.
American Standard Version
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
When I make Egypt an unpeopled waste, cutting off from the land all the things in it; when I send punishment on all those living in it, then it will be clear to them that I am the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the countrey shall be destitute of that wherof it was full; when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shal they know that I am the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When I make the lande of Egypt desolate, and when the countrey with all that is therein shalbe layde waste, and when I smyte all them which dwell in it, then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
when I shall give up Egypt to destruction, and the land shall be made desolate with the fullness thereof; when I shall scatter all that dwell in it, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
English Revised Version
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
whanne Y schal yyue desolat the lond of Egipt. Forsothe the lond schal be forsakun of his fulnesse, whanne Y schal smyte alle the dwellers therof; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.
Update Bible Version
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all those that dwell therein, then they shall know that I am Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that of which it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell in it, then shall they know that I [am] the LORD.
New English Translation
When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation and the land is destitute of everything that fills it, when I strike all those who live in it, then they will know that I am the Lord .'
New King James Version
"When I make the land of Egypt desolate, And the country is destitute of all that once filled it, When I strike all who dwell in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
New Living Translation
And when I destroy Egypt and strip you of everything you own and strike down all your people, then you will know that I am the Lord .
New Life Bible
"When I destroy the land of Egypt and take from the land everything that was in it, and when I punish all who live there, then they will know that I am the Lord.
New Revised Standard
When I make the land of Egypt desolate and when the land is stripped of all that fills it, when I strike down all who live in it, then they shall know that I am the Lord .
Douay-Rheims Bible
When I shall have made the land of Egypt desolate: and the land shall be destitute of her fulness, when I shall have struck all the inhabitants thereof and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
When I make the land of Egypt desolate and when the land is stripped of all that fills it, when I smite all who dwell in it, then they will know that I am the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
In My making the land of Egypt a desolation, And desolated hath been the land of its fulness, In My smiting all the inhabitants in it, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah.

Contextual Overview

1 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: 2 Son of man Take up a dirge over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and thou shalt say unto him. The young lion of the nations, thou didst deem thyself,- Whereas thou, wast like the crocodile in the seas, And didst cause thy streams to burst forth And didst trouble the waters with thy feet, And foul their rivers. 3 Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I spread over thee my net, With a gathered host of many e peoples,-And they shall bring thee up in my net; 4 And I will stretch thee out on the land, Over the face of the field, will I fling thee,- And will cause to settle upon thee all the birds of the heavens, And will satiate with thee the wild beasts of all the earth; 5 And I will lay thy flesh on the mountains, - And fill the valleys, with thy blood; 6 And will soak the earth with thy blood, amongst the mountains,- And the channels shall be fled with thee. 7 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; 8 As for all the light-bearers in the heavens, I will obscure them over thee - And will stretch out darkness over thy land, Declareth My Lord Yahweh. 9 And I will aggrieve the heart of many peoples,- when I bring them who are broken off from thee among the nations, unto lands which thou hast not known. 10 Yea I will cause amazement over thee unto many peoples And the hair of their kings shall stand on end over thee, when I brandish my sword over their faces,- And they shall tremble every moment every man for his own life, In the day of thy fall.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

destitute of that whereof: Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof, Ezekiel 29:12, Ezekiel 29:19, Ezekiel 29:20, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 107:34

then: Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 30:26, Exodus 7:5, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:18, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 83:17, Psalms 83:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:17 - thou shalt Ezekiel 30:25 - they shall know Ezekiel 37:6 - ye shall

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate,.... The cities being demolished, the inhabitants destroyed with the sword, or carried captive:

and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full; men and cattle, corn and other fruits of the earth, wealth and riches, pomp and grandeur:

when I shall smite all them that dwell therein; with the sword of the Chaldeans:

then shall they know that I am the Lord for God is known in the perfections of his nature, omnipotence, omniscience, holiness, justice, c. by the judgments he executes for this is not to be understood of a spiritual knowledge of him, but of a terrible conviction of the truth of his being and attributes, by the awful dispensations of his providence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 32:15. Shall be destitute of that whereof it was full — Of corn, and all other necessaries of life.


 
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