Ezekiel 38:9

Ezekiel 38:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
• New International Version (NIV)You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You will advance, coming on like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.”

Context of Ezekiel 38:9

7“Be ready, and be prepared, you and all your contingents that are assembled around you, and be a guard for them. 8After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual place of ruins; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them. And you will go up, you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.” 10‘This is what the Lord God says: “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan, 11and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, who live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,

Ezekiel 38:9 word by word

וְעָלִ֙יתָ֙ כַּשֹּׁאָ֣ה תָב֔וֹא כֶּעָנָ֛ן לְכַסּ֥וֹת הָאָ֖רֶץ תִּֽהְיֶ֑ה אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־אֲגַפֶּ֔יךָ וְעַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים אוֹתָֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

• And you will goעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• you will comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• coveringכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• you and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• your troopsאֲגַף'aggâph · bandH102
• and manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• peoplesעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:9

• Ezekiel 13:11so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, hailstones, will fall, and a violent wind will break out.
• Isaiah 21:1The pronouncement concerning the wilderness of the sea: As windstorms in the Negev come in turns, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
• Isaiah 25:4For You have been a stronghold for the helpless, A stronghold for the poor in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall.
• Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent; As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters, He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.
• Daniel 11:40“And at the end time the king of the South will wage war with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them, and pass through.
• Ezekiel 38:16and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy through you before their eyes, Gog.”
• Jeremiah 4:13“Behold, he goes up like clouds, And his chariots like the whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!”
• Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a great and mighty people; There has never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations.
• Isaiah 8:9“Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; And listen, all remote places of the earth. Get ready, yet be shattered; Get ready, yet be shattered.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm - It is observable that Antiochus is thus spoken of by Daniel, Daniel 11:40; : The king of the north - Antiochus, shall come against him (the king of the south is the king of Egypt) like a whirlwind.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9advancing like a thunderstorm: This is similar to the threatening imagery in Ezekiel 1, when God was Israel’s enemy. At that time, Israel sought protection from the rebellious nations around them. Now, Israel would seek protection from God against the nations.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. cloud to cover the land--with the multitude of thy forces.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Ezekiel

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