English Standard Version
Ezekiel 38:13
13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, 'Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?'
Ezekiel 38:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
- New International Version (NIV)Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?” ’
- New King James Version (NKJV)Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’
- New Living Translation (NLT)But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?’
Context of Ezekiel 38:13
11and say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,' 12to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth. Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, 'Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?' 14"Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know it? 15You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army.
Read all of Ezekiel 38Ezekiel 38:13 word by word
שְׁבָ֡א וּ֠דְדָן וְסֹחֲרֵ֨י תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁ וְכָל־כְּפִרֶ֙יהָ֙ יֹאמְר֣וּ לְךָ֔ הֲלִשְׁלֹ֤ל שָׁלָל֙ אַתָּ֣ה בָ֔א הֲלָבֹ֥ז בַּ֖ז הִקְהַ֣לְתָּ קְהָלֶ֑ךָ לָשֵׂ֣את׀ כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֗ב לָקַ֙חַת֙ מִקְנֶ֣ה וְקִנְיָ֔ן לִשְׁלֹ֖ל שָׁלָ֥ל גָּדֽוֹל׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Shebaשְׁבָאshebâ' · ShebaH7614
- and Dedanדְּדָןdedân dedâneh · DedanH1719
- and the merchantsסָחַרsâchar · to tradeH5503
- of Tarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁtarshîysh · TarshishH8659
- with all the young lionsכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
- thereof, shall sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto thee, Art thou comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to takeשָׁלַלshâlal · to lootH7997
- a spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
- hast thou gatheredקָהַלqâhal · to gatherH6950
- thy companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
- to takeבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962
- a preyבַּזbaz · plunderH957
- to carry awayנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- and goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- to take awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- cattleמִקְנֶהmiqneh · livestockH4735
- and goodsקִנְיָןqinyân · acquisitionH7075
- a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:13
- Ezekiel 27:12"Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
- Ezekiel 19:3And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
- Ezekiel 32:2"Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Jeremiah 50:17"Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
- Jeremiah 51:38"They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' cubs.
- Nahum 2:11Where is the lions' den, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and lioness went, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
- Zechariah 11:3The sound of the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is ruined! The sound of the roar of the lions, for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Sheba, and Dedan - The Arabians, anciently great plunderers; and Tarshish, the inhabitants of the famous isle of Tartessus, the most noted merchants of the time. They are here represented as coming to Antiochus before he undertook the expedition, and bargaining for the spoils of the Jews. Art thou come to take a spoil, to carry away silver and gold, cattle and goods?Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The trading nations of the world would gather to profit from Gog’s expected victory. Sheba and Dedan were in the east. Tarshish was in the west. Merchants from these distant places would come to buy and sell the goods taken in battle. They believed that Gog and his allies would surely win. They expected to gain wealth from the spoils of war.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Sheba, &c.--These mercantile peoples, though not taking an active part against the cause of God, are well pleased to see others do it. Worldliness makes them ready to deal in the ill-gotten spoil of the invaders of God's people. Gain is before godliness with them (1 Maccabees 3:41). young lions--daring princes and leaders.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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