Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
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Gill's Exposition
Whom dost thou pass in beauty?.... This question the prophet is bid to put to Egypt; what nation is there, or has been, that thou excellest in wisdom, in riches, or in strength, in the multitude of…
Barnes' Notes
whom dost thou pass in beauty? - Thou art not more beautiful than other nations: thou shalt not escape their fate.
Adam Clarke
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? - How little does it signify, whether a mummy be well embalmed, wrapped round with rich stuff, and beautifully painted on the outside, or not. Go down into the tombs,…
This prophecy concludes and completes the burden of Egypt, and leaves it and all its multitude in the pit of destruction.
I. We are here invited to attend the funeral of that once flourishing kingdom,…
Cambridge Bible
Whom … pass in beauty i.e. surpass; Ew., pass in fortune. Probably the meaning is very much, To whom art (wast) thou superior? The multitude of Egypt or the Pharaoh as the genius of the nation is…
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