Ezekiel 21:16
What does Ezekiel 21:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 21:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.
Context
v.15I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
v.16This passage
v.17I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.
- Ezekiel 21:4
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
- Ezekiel 21:20
Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
- Ezekiel 16:46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
- Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
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