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‘Son of man, you must tell my message to Gog to warn him. Say to him, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I am your enemy, Gog, prince of Meshech and Tubal. 2I will turn you around and I will pull you along. I will bring you from the far away places in the north to attack the mountains of Israel. Then I will knock your bow out of your left hand. I will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. 4You will fall to the ground on Israel's mountains. You, your soldiers and the people who are with you will all die there. Vultures and wild animals will eat your dead bodies. 5Your bodies will lie in the fields. I, the Almighty Lord, have said that this will happen.

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 20:21But their children also turned against me. They were not careful to obey my laws and my commands. (But anyone who obeyed them would enjoy a good life.) They did not obey my rules about Sabbath days. So I was very angry with them. I was ready to destroy them there in the wilderness.
• Psalms 46:9All over the world, he causes wars to finish. He destroys the soldiers' bows and spears. He burns their shields in a fire.
• Psalms 76:3There he destroyed all the weapons of our enemy, their arrows, their shields, and their swords. He destroyed everything that they use to fight wars. Selah.
• Jeremiah 21:4“Your soldiers have gone outside the city to fight against the king of Babylon and his soldiers. But I will make the weapons of your soldiers useless. You will have to bring them all back into the city.
• Hosea 1:5At that time, I will completely destroy the power of Israel's army in Jezreel valley.’

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