Ezekiel 38:21

Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord God says, "On the mountains of Israel, I will call for every kind of terror against Gog. His soldiers will be so afraid that they will attack each other and kill each other with their swords.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will call for a sword against him on all my mountains—this is the declaration of the Lord God—and every man’s sword will be against his brother.

Hebrew Names Version
I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

King James Version
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God : every man's sword shall be against his brother.

English Standard Version
I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord God . Every man's sword will be against his brother.

New American Standard Bible
"And I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains," declares the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother.

New Century Version
Then I will call for a war against Gog on all my mountains, says the Lord God . Everyone's sword will attack the soldier next to him.

Amplified Bible
"I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains," says the Lord GOD. "Every man's (invading soldier's) sword will be against his brother (ally) [in panic and confusion].

Geneva Bible (1587)
For I will call for a sworde against him throughout all my mountaines, saith the Lorde God: euery mans sword shalbe against his brother.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains," declares the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother.

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains," declares Lord Yahweh. "Every man's sword will be against his brother.

Berean Standard Bible
And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man's sword will be against his brother.

Contemporary English Version
I, the Lord , will make the mountains of Israel turn against you. Your troops will be so terrified that they will attack each other.

Complete Jewish Bible
I will summon a sword against him throughout all my mountains,' says Adonai Elohim ; ‘every man will wield his sword against his brother.

Darby Translation
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

George Lamsa Translation
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, says the LORD God; every mans sword shall be against his brother.

Good News Translation
I will terrify Gog with all sorts of calamities. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken. His men will turn their swords against one another.

Lexham English Bible
And I will call against him in all of my mountains a sword,' declares the Lord Yahweh, ‘And the sword of each person will be against his brother.

Literal Translation
And I shall call a sword against him on all My mountains, declares the Lord Jehovah. Each man's sword shall be against his brother.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil call for a swearde vpon them in all my mountaynes, saieth the LORDE God: so that euery mans swearde shal be vpon another.

American Standard Version
And I will call for a sword against him unto all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

Bible in Basic English
And I will send to all my mountains for a sword against him, says the Lord: every man's sword will be against his brother.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD; every man's sword shall be against his brother.

King James Version (1611)
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountaines, saith the Lord God: euery mans sword shalbe against his brother.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I will call for a sworde vpon hym in all my mountaynes, sayth the Lorde God: so that euery mans sworde shalbe vpon another.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will summon against it even every fear, saith the Lord: the sword of every man shall be against his brother.

English Revised Version
And I will call for a sword against him unto all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

World English Bible
I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Yahweh: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal clepe togidere a swerd ayens hym in alle myn hillis, seith the Lord God; the swerd of ech man schal be dressid ayens his brother.

Update Bible Version
And I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Yahweh: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

New English Translation
I will call for a sword to attack Gog on all my mountains, declares the sovereign Lord ; every man's sword will be against his brother.

New King James Version
I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains," says the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother.

New Living Translation
I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign Lord . Your men will turn their swords against each other.

New Life Bible
I will call for a sword against Gog on all My mountains," says the Lord God. "His men will turn their swords against one another.

New Revised Standard
I will summon the sword against Gog in all my mountains, says the Lord God ; the swords of all will be against their comrades.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then will I call against him, every terror, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, the sword of every man against his brother, shall be;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will call in the sword against him in all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be pointed against his brother.

Revised Standard Version
I will summon every kind of terror against Gog, says the Lord GOD; every man's sword will be against his brother.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have called against him, to all My mountains a sword, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, The sword of each is against his brother.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ "Son of man, speak to Gog for me. Tell him that this is what the Lord God says: ‘You will come to attack my people while they are living in peace and safety. ¹⁵ You will come from your place out of the far north, and you will bring many people with you. All of them will ride on horses. You will be a large and a powerful army. ¹⁶ You will come to fight against my people Israel. You will be like a thundercloud covering the land. When that time comes, I will bring you to fight against my land. Then, Gog, the nations will learn how powerful I am! They will learn to respect me and know that I am holy. They will see what I will do to you!'" ¹⁷ This is what the Lord God says: "At that time people will remember that I spoke about you in the past. They will remember that I used my servants, the prophets of Israel. They will remember that the prophets of Israel spoke for me in the past and said that I would bring you to fight against them." ¹⁸ The Lord God said, "At that time Gog will come to fight against the land of Israel. I will show my anger. ¹⁹ In my anger and strong emotions, I make this promise: I promise that there will be a strong earthquake in the land of Israel. ²⁰ At that time all living things will shake with fear. The fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the wild animals in the fields, and all the little creatures crawling on the ground will shake with fear. The mountains will fall down and the cliffs will break apart. Every wall will fall to the ground!" ²¹ The Lord God says, "On the mountains of Israel, I will call for every kind of terror against Gog. His soldiers will be so afraid that they will attack each other and kill each other with their swords. ²² I will punish Gog with diseases and death. I will cause hailstones, fire, and sulfur to rain down on Gog and his groups of soldiers from many nations. ²³ Then I will show how great I am. I will prove that I am holy. Many nations will see me do these things, and they will learn who I am. Then they will know that I am the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Ezekiel 14:17, Psalms 105:16

every: Judges 7:22, 1 Samuel 14:20, 2 Chronicles 20:23, Haggai 2:22

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:17 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 32:42 - make mine 2 Chronicles 20:22 - to sing and to Psalms 110:6 - fill Isaiah 19:2 - I will Isaiah 66:16 - General Jeremiah 25:29 - I begin Ezekiel 39:4 - fall Zechariah 14:13 - a great Mark 13:12 - General Revelation 16:21 - there fell

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will call for a sword against him,.... That is, against Gog; or, as I would choose to render the words, "for I will call for a sword", so the particle is rendered, Ezekiel 38:19 and which Noldius u agrees to; and this gives a reason why there should be such a commotion in the land of Israel; because the Lord, who has the swords of princes at his command, will call for the Christian kings to come to the assistance of the Jews, and fight against the Turk: who will pursue him

throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God; throughout the land of Israel, which is mountainous; and is called the Lord's, because he hath chosen it for his people, given it to them, and now dwelt among them; and in all parts of it where the enemy is, the sword of the Jews, and of those princes that should come in to their assistance at the call of God, shall be sent against them, and cut them off: and not only so,

but every man's sword shall be against his brother; as the swords of the Midianites were, Judges 7:22, and of the enemies of Jehoshaphat,

2 Chronicles 20:22. The Turkish army will consist of a mixed people of many nations, who will quarrel among themselves, and destroy one another.

u Concordant. Ebr. Partic. p. 285, 286.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 38:21. I will call for a sword against him — Meaning Judas Maccabeus, who defeated his army under Lysias, making a horrible carnage. - Martin. Cambyses had no wars in the mountains of Israel.