Ezekiel 39:5
What does Ezekiel 39:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 39:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt fall upon the open field; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt fall upon the open field; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You will come down in the open field: for I have said it, says the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862On the face of the field thou fallest, for I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt fall upon the face of the field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou shalt fall on the open field; for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord Jehovah.
Context
v.4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
v.5This passage
v.6And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell securely in the isles; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 32:4
And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
- Ezekiel 29:5
And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.
- Jeremiah 8:2
and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
- Jeremiah 22:19
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
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