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 Living Translation (NLT)You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.

Context of Ezekiel 38:9

7“Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them. 8After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.” 10‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: 11You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’—

Ezekiel 38:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt ascendעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• like a stormשׁוֹאָהshô' shô'âh shô'âh · devastationH7722
• thou shalt be like a cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• to coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• thou, and all thy bandsאֲגַף'aggâph · bandH102
• and manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:9

• Ezekiel 13:11say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down.
• Isaiah 21:1The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
• Isaiah 25:4For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
• Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
• Daniel 11:40“At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through.
• Ezekiel 38:16You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.”
• Jeremiah 4:13“Behold, he shall come up like clouds, And his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are plundered!”
• Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations.
• Isaiah 8:9“Be shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Give ear, all you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.

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