Ezekiel 21:5

Ezekiel chapter 21 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

Context

v.4Seeing 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:

v.5This passage

v.6Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 29:24

    even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

  • Ezekiel 20:48

    And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

  • Jeremiah 23:20

    The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.

  • Numbers 14:21

    but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;

  • Isaiah 55:11

    so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

  • Nahum 1:9

    What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.