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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 39:3

I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless.

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.
Darby Translation
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy 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 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 "Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord : I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal. 2 I will turn you around and drive you toward the mountains of Israel, bringing you from the distant north. 3 I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless. 4 You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals. 5 You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord . 6 And I will rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the Lord . 7 "In this way, I will make known my holy name among my people of Israel. I will not let anyone bring shame on it. And the nations, too, will know that I am the Lord , the Holy One of 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
About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. "God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do," Abimelech said.
Genesis 26:24
where the Lord appeared to him on the night of his arrival. "I am the God of your father, Abraham," he said. "Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant."
Genesis 26:28
They replied, "We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.
Genesis 30:27
"Please listen to me," Laban replied. "I have become wealthy, for the Lord has blessed me because of you.
Genesis 30:30
You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously. The Lord has blessed you through everything I've done. But now, what about me? When can I start providing for my own family?"
Genesis 39:7
and Potiphar's wife soon began to look at him lustfully. "Come and sleep with me," she demanded.
Genesis 39:8
But Joseph refused. "Look," he told her, "my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.
Genesis 39:15
When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me."
Genesis 39:16
She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.
Genesis 39:23
The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.

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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