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The Darby Translation

Ezekiel 39:3

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bow;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Last Days;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Arrows;   Bow, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apocalyptic literature;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gog;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ma'gog;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gog and Magog;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Left;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Right and Left;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.
Hebrew Names Version
and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
King James Version
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
English Standard Version
Then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.
New American Standard Bible
"Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.
New Century Version
I will knock your bow out of your left hand and throw down your arrows from your right hand.
Amplified Bible
"I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will smite thy bowe out of thy left hand, and I will cause thine arrowes to fall out of thy right hand.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I will strike your bow from your left hand and cause your arrows from your right hand to fall.
Berean Standard Bible
Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
Contemporary English Version
I will knock the bow out of your left hand and the arrows out of your right hand,
Complete Jewish Bible
But then I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.
Easy-to-Read Version
But I will knock your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right hand.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will swerve your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
Good News Translation
Then I will knock his bow out of his left hand and his arrows out of his right hand.
Lexham English Bible
and I will strike your bow from your left hand, and your arrows from your right hand I will cause to fall.
Literal Translation
And I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and I will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for thy bowe, I wil smyte it out of thy left honde, and cast thine arowes out of thy right honde.
American Standard Version
and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Bible in Basic English
And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
King James Version (1611)
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrowes to fall out of thy right hand.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for thy bow, I wil smite it out of thy left hande, and cause thyne arrowes to fall out of thy right hande.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will destroy the bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows out of thy right hand, and I will cast thee down on the mountains of Israel;
English Revised Version
and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
World English Bible
and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal smyte thi bouwe in thi left hond, and Y schal caste doun thin arowis fro thi riyt hond.
Update Bible Version
and I will smite your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I will strike thy bow out of thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall from thy right hand.
New English Translation
I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.
New King James Version
Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.
New Living Translation
I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless.
New Life Bible
I will knock your bow out of your left hand, and knock your arrows out of your right hand.
New Revised Standard
I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand,- And thine arrows - out of thy right hand, win I cause to fall.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will break thy bow in thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Revised Standard Version
then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.
Young's Literal Translation
And have smitten thy bow out of thy left hand, Yea, thine arrows out of thy right I cause to fall.

Contextual Overview

1 And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal; 2 and I will turn thee back, and lead thee, and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost north, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel. 3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples that are with thee: I have given thee to be meat for the birds of prey of every wing, and to the beasts of the field. 5 Thou shalt fall on the open field; for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord Jehovah. 6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell at ease in the isles: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah. 7 And my holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not suffer my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I [am] Jehovah, the Holy One in Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 20:21-24, Psalms 46:9, Psalms 76:3, Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 21:5, Hosea 1:5

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:35 - a bow Jeremiah 51:56 - every

Cross-References

Genesis 21:22
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
Genesis 26:24
And Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Genesis 26:28
And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us—between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
Genesis 30:27
And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes—I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.
Genesis 30:30
For it was little that thou hadst before me, and it is increased to a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee from the time I came; and now, when shall I also provide for my house?
Genesis 39:7
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!
Genesis 39:8
But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand.
Genesis 39:15
and it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went out.
Genesis 39:16
And she laid his garment by her until his lord came home.
Genesis 39:23
The chief of the tower-house looked not to anything under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and what he did, Jehovah made it prosper.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand,.... In which it is usually held, to have the arrow fitted to it:

and I will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand; where they are commonly held when put into the bow, and then the bow is drawn with it; signifying hereby, that though he should come into the land of Israel, he should not succeed; he would be stripped of his armour, and it would be useless to him: bows and arrows are put for all kind of warlike instruments; and are particularly mentioned because they were chiefly used in war when this prophecy was delivered.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 39:3. I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand — The Persians whom Antiochus had in his army, Ezekiel 38:5, were famous as archers, and they may be intended here. The bow is held by the left hand; the arrow is pulled and discharged by the right.


 
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