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 prepared, prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you. Be a guard for them. 8After many days you will be summoned. In the latter years, you will come against the land that has been brought back from the sword and regathered from many peoples on the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. But they were brought out from the peoples. When all of them are dwelling securely, you will come 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.’” 10Thus says Adonai Elohim: “It will come to pass in that day that things will come into your heart and you will devise an evil plan. 11You will say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who live securely, all of them living without walls, 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

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 over with whitewash, that it will fall. There will be a down-pouring rain, and on you great hailstones will fall, and a storm wind will break out.
• Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert by the sea: As windstorms sweep over the South, so it comes from the desert, a terrifying land.
• Isaiah 25:4For You have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against the wall.
• Isaiah 28:2Behold, Adonai is strong and mighty, like a hailstorm, a destructive tempest, like a downpour of overflowing water, He hurls it down to earth with His hand.
• Daniel 11:40“Now at the time of the end the king of the south will attack him, and the king of the north will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen and many ships. He will invade lands and pass through them like an overflowing river.
• Ezekiel 38:16You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the last days. I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me—when I am sanctified through you, Gog, before their eyes.’”
• Jeremiah 4:13See, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots like whirlwinds. His horses are swifter than eagles— “Oy ! We are ruined!”
• Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spreads over the mountains. A great and mighty people— from antiquity there was never anything like it, nor after it ever again from generation to generation.
• Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, O peoples— but you will be broken in pieces. Give ear, all you of far countries. Arm yourselves—yet be shattered! Arm yourselves—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