Ezekiel 39:3

Ezekiel 39:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.

Context of Ezekiel 39:3

1“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince (ruler) of Meshech and Tubal; 2and I will turn you around and lead you along, and bring you up from the remotest parts of the north, and I will bring you against the mountains of Israel. I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows to fall out of your right hand. 4You will fall [dead] on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the nations who are with you. I will give you to every kind of predatory bird and animal of the field as food. 5You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken,” says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 39:3 word by word

וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י קַשְׁתְּךָ֖ מִיַּ֣ד שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ וְחִצֶּ֕יךָ מִיַּ֥ד יְמִינְךָ֖ אַפִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will smiteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• thy bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• out of thy leftשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · leftH8040
• handיָדyâd · handH3027
• and will cause thine arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• to fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• out of thy rightיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225

Cross-references for Ezekiel 39:3

• Ezekiel 20:21Yet the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, which, if a man keeps, he will live; they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them and finish My anger against them in the wilderness.
• Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire.
• Psalms 76:3There He broke the flaming arrows, The shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
• Jeremiah 21:4‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Behold, I will turn back and dull the edge of the weapons of war that are in your hands, [those] with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls; and I will bring them into the center of this city (Jerusalem).
• Hosea 1:5On that day I will break the bow [of the military power] of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand - The Persians whom Antiochus had in his army, Ezekiel 38:5, were famous as archers, and they may be intended here. The bow is held by the left hand; the arrow is pulled and discharged by the right.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4This terrible enemy, Gog, would be left helpless after his defeat. His dead body would become food for vultures and wild animals. This was similar to what happened to Goliath (compare 1 Samuel 17:44–46).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. bow--in which the Scythians were most expert.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 39:3

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In the dictionaries

• Left hand
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Ezekiel
• Left
• Magog

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings