Ezekiel 38:5

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

3and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. 4I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords; Persia, Ethiopia and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops--many peoples with you. 7“Be prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.

Ezekiel 38:5 word by word

פָּרַ֛ס כּ֥וּשׁ וּפ֖וּט אִתָּ֑ם כֻּלָּ֖ם מָגֵ֥ן וְכוֹבָֽע׃Read the interlinear

• Persiaפָּרַסpâras · PersiaH6539
• Ethiopiaכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• Putפּוּטpûţ · PutH6316
• with them, allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• shieldמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
• and helmetכּוֹבַעkôba‛ · helmetH3553

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:5

• Ezekiel 27:10“Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor.
• Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”
• Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• Nahum 3:9Ethiopia was her might, And Egypt too, without limits. Put and Lubim were among her helpers.

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

Topics related to Ezekiel 38:5

• Ethiopia
• Libya
• Persia
• Phut

In the dictionaries

• Ethiopia
• Persia
• Cush
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Cush (1)
• Ezekiel
• Libya; Libyans
• Ludim
• Phut, Put

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