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: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. 4I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, all of them armed with swords. Persia, Ethiopia, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets. 6They are joined by Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops – many peoples are with you. 7“‘Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

Ezekiel 38:5 word by word

פָּרַ֛ס כּ֥וּשׁ וּפ֖וּט אִתָּ֑ם כֻּלָּ֖ם מָגֵ֥ן וְכוֹבָֽע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Persiaפָּרַסpâras · PersiaH6539
• Ethiopiaכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• and Libyaפּוּטpûţ · PutH6316
• with them; all of them with shieldמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
• and helmetכּוֹבַעkôba‛ · helmetH3553

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:5

• Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, men of war. They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor.
• Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, Libya, and the people of the covenant land will die by the sword along with them.
• Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• Nahum 3:9Cush and Egypt had limitless strength; Put and the Libyans were among her allies.

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
• Ethiopia, Ethiopian
• Persia, Persians
• Cush
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Cush (1)
• Ezekiel
• Libya; Libyans

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