God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 39:3
3Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand and make you drop the arrows in your right hand.
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⌞The Lord said,⌟ “Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Tell it, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am against you, Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. 2I will turn you around and lead you. I will bring you from the far north and have you attack the mountains of Israel. Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand and make you drop the arrows in your right hand. 4You will die on the mountains of Israel with your troops and the armies that are with you. I will let you become food for every bird of prey and for every wild animal. 5You will die in the open field because I said so, declares the Almighty Lord.
Read all of Ezekiel 39Ezekiel 39:3 word by word
וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י קַשְׁתְּךָ֖ מִיַּ֣ד שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ וְחִצֶּ֕יךָ מִיַּ֥ד יְמִינְךָ֖ אַפִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 39:3
- Ezekiel 20:21“ ‘But they rebelled against me. They didn’t live by my laws, and they didn’t obey my rules and follow them. If people obey them, they will live. They dishonored the days to worship me. So I was going to pour out my fury on them and unleash my anger on them in the desert.
- Psalms 46:9He puts an end to wars all over the earth. He breaks an archer’s bow. He cuts spears in two. He burns chariots.
- Psalms 76:3There he destroyed flaming arrows, shields, swords, and weapons of war. Selah
- Jeremiah 21:4‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I’m going to take your weapons away from you. You are using these weapons to fight the king of Babylon as well as the Babylonians who are now blockading you outside the wall. I will bring the Babylonians inside this city.
- Hosea 1:5On that day I will break Israel’s bows and arrows 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
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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
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