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

1And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal: 2and I will turn thee about, and will lead thee on, and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel; and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5Thou shalt fall upon the open field; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 39:3 word by word

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

• bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• handיָדyâd · handH3027
• arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• rightיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225

Cross-references for Ezekiel 39:3

• Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
• Psalms 46:9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.
• Psalms 76:3There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. [Selah
• Jeremiah 21:4Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
• Hosea 1:5And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow 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