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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 32:23 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 32:23	Strong Concordance	Whose graves [06913] are set [05414] in the sides [03411] of the pit [0953], and her company [06951] is round about [05439] her grave [06900]: all of them slain [02491], fallen [05307] by the sword [02719], which caused [05414] terror [02851] in the land [0776] of the living [02416].
	King James	Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
in the sides of the pit--Sepulchres in the East were caves hollowed out of the rock, and the bodies were laid in niches formed at the sides. MAURER needlessly departs from the ordinary meaning, and translates, "extremities" (compare Isa 14:13, Isa 14:15). which caused terror--They, who alive were a terror to others, are now, in the nether world, themselves a terrible object to behold.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

in the sides of the pit--Sepulchres in the East were caves hollowed out of the rock, and the bodies were laid in niches formed at the sides. MAURER needlessly departs from the ordinary meaning, and translates, "extremities" (compare Isa 14:13, Isa 14:15).

which caused terror--They, who alive were a terror to others, are now, in the nether world, themselves a terrible object to behold.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Whose graves - Here is supposed a spacious vault, in the midst whereof the king of Ashur lies, and round the vault, his familiar captains and commanders. Her company - The common subjects of the Assyrian empire, all buried undistinguished about her. Her grave - The ruins of an empire are its grave. In the land - While they were in the land of the living.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Whose graves - Here is supposed a spacious vault, in the midst whereof the king of Ashur lies, and round the vault, his familiar captains and commanders. Her company - The common subjects of the Assyrian empire, all buried undistinguished about her. Her grave - The ruins of an empire are its grave. In the land - While they were in the land of the living.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit - Alluding to the niches in the sides of the subterranean caves or burying-places, where the bodies are laid. These are numerous in Egypt.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit - Alluding to the niches in the sides of the subterranean caves or burying-places, where the bodies are laid. These are numerous in Egypt.

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