Ezekiel 38:5
What does Ezekiel 38:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 38:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Persia, Cush, and Put with them; all of them with body-cover and metal head-dress:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Persia, Cush, and Phut, with them, All of them <FI>with<Fi> shield and helmet.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The Persians, Ethiopians, and Libyans with them, all with shields and helmets.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Persia, Cush, and Phut with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
Context
v.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 armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords:
v.5This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 27:10
Persia 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.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Nahum 3:9
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
- Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
- Genesis 10:8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- Ezekiel 30:5
Ethiopia, 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.
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