Revised Version 1895
Ezekiel 38:5
5Persia, Cush, and Put with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
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 saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal: 4and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armour, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords: Persia, Cush, and Put with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes: even many peoples with thee. 7Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
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פָּרַ֛ס כּ֥וּשׁ וּפ֖וּט אִתָּ֑ם כֻּלָּ֖ם מָגֵ֥ן וְכוֹבָֽע׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:5
- Ezekiel 27:10Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
- Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
- Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Nahum 3:9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy 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
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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
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