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Ezekiel 38:5
5Soldiers from Persia, Ethiopia and Libya will be there with your army. They all have shields and helmets.
Ezekiel 38:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
- New International Version (NIV)Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
Context of Ezekiel 38:5
3Say, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am your enemy, Gog, prince of Meshech and Tubal. 4I will turn you around. I will put hooks into your mouth and catch you. I will take hold of you and your great army, with its horses and their riders. I will take hold of all your soldiers, who are ready to fight with their swords and their shields. I will pull them all away. Soldiers from Persia, Ethiopia and Libya will be there with your army. They all have shields and helmets. 6All the soldiers from Gomer will join you. An army from Beth Togarmah will also come with all its soldiers from far away in the north. So armies from many nations will be with you.” 7Say to Gog, “Prepare to fight! You must be ready to command all the armies that are with you.
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פָּרַ֛ס כּ֥וּשׁ וּפ֖וּט אִתָּ֑ם כֻּלָּ֖ם מָגֵ֥ן וְכוֹבָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:5
- Ezekiel 27:10There were brave soldiers from Persia, Lydia and Libya in your army. They hung their shields and their helmets on your walls. They caused people to give you honour.
- Ezekiel 30:5Soldiers from other nations will also die in the battle. They are soldiers from Ethiopia, Put, Lydia, Libya, and Arabia, as well as men who belong to my own people.
- Genesis 10:6These are the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8Ham's sons were: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
- Nahum 3:9The countries of Ethiopia and Egypt were strong friends. And Put and Libya were strong friends too.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Persia - That a part of this country was tributary to Antiochus, see 1 Maccabees 3:31. Ethiopia, and Libya - That these were auxiliaries of Antiochus is evident from Daniel 11:43; : "The Libyans and Ethiopians shall be at his steps."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Libya and Ethiopia, mixed with the northern invaders, are tribes from the extreme south, to show that this is a general combination of the foes of God‘s people.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6Gog would lead a group of seven nations from all over the world. The numbers seven and four symbolize completeness, showing an unbeatable alliance from every direction. Magog, Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Beth-togarmah were in the north, in Anatolia and beyond the Black Sea. Persia was to the east, Ethiopia to the south, and Libya to the west.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Persia ... Libya--expressly specified by Appian as supplying the ranks of Antiochus' army.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
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