Ezekiel 21:30
What does Ezekiel 21:30 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 21:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Turn <FI>it<Fi> back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Restore [it] to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth.
Context
v.29while they see for thee false visions, while they divine lies unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
v.30This passage
v.31And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 28:15
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.
- Genesis 15:14
and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
- Jeremiah 47:6
O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.
- Ezekiel 16:3
and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite.
- Ezekiel 28:13
Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.
- 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:
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