Ezekiel 38:10

Ezekiel 38:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan:

Context of Ezekiel 38:10

8After many days you will have to bring your soldiers together to fight a battle. In the years at the end of time, you will go to attack the land of Israel. It will be a land that has become strong again after war. The people there will have returned from other nations. They will all be living safely in that land that had become heaps of stones. They will all be together on Israel's mountains. 9Then you will attack them. You, with your armies and all the people with you, will attack them like a great storm. You will be like a dark cloud that covers the land. This is what the Almighty Lord says: On that day you will have evil thoughts. You will decide to do a wicked thing. 11You will say: ‘We will attack a land where the villages have no walls around them. The people are living quietly in peace and we will attack them. They have no walls or strong gates to keep them safe. 12We will fight them and take their things for ourselves. The people there have come back from other nations where they lived. They are living in their homes which had become heaps of stones. Now they have got many animals and valuable things. Their land has become an important place in the middle of everywhere.’

Ezekiel 38:10 word by word

כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וְהָיָ֣ה׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יַעֲל֤וּ דְבָרִים֙ עַל־לְבָבֶ֔ךָ וְחָשַׁבְתָּ֖ מַחֲשֶׁ֥בֶת רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• at the same timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shall thingsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• comeעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• into thy mindלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• and thou shalt thinkחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• an evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• thoughtמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:10

• Psalms 83:3They decide carefully how they will attack your people. They want to hurt the people that you love.
• Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down, and you know when I get up. Even when you are far away, you understand what I am thinking about.
• Proverbs 19:21You may have lots of ideas about what you want to do. But it is the Lord's plans that are important.
• Isaiah 10:7But Assyria's ruler has other ideas. He does not understand that he is my weapon. He wants his army to destroy many nations, so that they have no power.
• Mark 7:21Evil thoughts come out from people's minds. As a result they do wrong things. They have sex in wrong ways. They rob people. They murder people.
• John 13:2Jesus and his disciples were eating supper. The Devil had already put an idea into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son. The idea was to sell Jesus to his enemies.
• Acts 5:3Peter said to Ananias, ‘Ananias, Satan wanted you to tell a lie and you have obeyed him. You have told a lie to the Holy Spirit. That is a bad thing to do! You sold your field, but you did not give us all the money. You kept part of it for yourselves.
• Acts 8:22You must turn away from those very bad thoughts. Turn to the Lord and pray that he will forgive you. Then perhaps he will forgive you for these bad thoughts.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5So you should not decide about things before the time is right. Wait until the Lord comes again. He will show everything clearly. He will show the bad things that people have done secretly. He will show the secret purpose of people's thoughts. Then God will praise each person in a way that is right for them.
• Psalms 36:4While he lies on his bed at night, he thinks about bad things that he can do. He lives only to do things that are not good. He does not turn away from evil things.
• Proverbs 6:14He uses evil thoughts to decide how he will hurt people. Wherever he goes, there is trouble.
• Proverbs 12:2The Lord helps good people. But he punishes people who want to do evil things.
• Micah 2:1Micah continues: People who prepare to do bad things should be afraid. God will do bad things to them! While they lie in bed, they think about bad things to do. Then, when the morning comes, they do those bad things. They have the authority to do whatever they want to do.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought - Antiochus purposed to invade and destroy Egypt, as well as Judea; see Daniel 11:31, Daniel 11:32, Daniel 11:36. This Calmet interprets of Cambyses, his cruelties in Egypt, and his evil design to destroy the Israelites.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The Lord's "hooks" in Gog's "jaws" (Ezekiel 38:4) refers to Gog's evil plan to attack the defenseless Israelites and steal their goods (compare Psalm 76:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. an evil thought--as to attacking God's people in their defenseless state.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 38

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings