Ezekiel 21:17

Young's Literal Translation

And I also, I smite My hand on my hand, And have caused My fury to rest; I, Jehovah, have spoken.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I also will clap my hands together, and I will satisfy my wrath. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Hebrew Names Version
I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, the LORD, have spoken it.

King James Version
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.

English Standard Version
I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the Lord have spoken."

New American Standard Bible
"I will also clap My hands, and I will satisfy My wrath; I, the LORD, have spoken."

New Century Version
I will also clap my hands and use up my anger. I, the Lord , have spoken."

Amplified Bible
"I will also strike My hands together, and I will cause My wrath to rest. I the LORD have spoken."

World English Bible
I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I wil also smite mine hands together, & wil cause my wrath to cease. I the Lord haue said it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will also clap My hands together, and I will appease My wrath; I, the LORD, have spoken."

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will also strike My hands together, and I will cause My wrath to be at rest; I, Yahweh, have spoken."

Berean Standard Bible
I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath. I, the LORD, have spoken.'"

Contemporary English Version
Then I will stop being angry, and I will clap my hands in victory. I, the Lord , have spoken.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Shout and wail, human being, because it's coming upon my people, upon all the leaders of Isra'el — they will be victims of the sword along with my people. Strike your thigh in remorse!

Darby Translation
And I myself will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I Jehovah have spoken [it].

Easy-to-Read Version
"Then I, too, will clap my hands and stop showing my anger. I, the Lord , have spoken!"

George Lamsa Translation
I will also clap my hands, and I will cause my fury to rest; I the LORD have said it.

Good News Translation
I also will clap my hands, and my anger will be over. I, the Lord , have spoken."

Lexham English Bible
And also I myself will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my rage! I, Yahweh, I have spoken."

Literal Translation
And also I, I will strike My hand to My hand, and I will cause My fury to rest. I, Jehovah, have spoken.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil smyte my hondes together also, and satisfie my wrothfull indignacion: Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it.

American Standard Version
I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

Bible in Basic English
And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon My people, it is upon all the princes of Israel; they are thrust down to the sword with My people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.

King James Version (1611)
I will also smite mine hands together, and I wil cause my furie to rest: I the Lord haue sayd it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I will smite my handes together also, and make my wrathfull indignation to rest: euen I the Lorde haue sayde it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I also will clap my hands, and let loose my fury: I the Lord have spoken it.

English Revised Version
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I the LORD have spoken it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Certis and Y schal smyte with hond to hond, and Y schal fille myn indignacioun; Y the Lord spak.

Update Bible Version
I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

Webster's Bible Translation
I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said [it].

New English Translation
I too will clap my hands together, I will exhaust my rage; I the Lord have spoken."

New King James Version
"I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the LORD, have spoken."

New Living Translation
I, too, will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury. I, the Lord , have spoken!"

New Life Bible
I will also clap My hands, and My anger will be gone. I, the Lord, have spoken."

New Revised Standard
I too will strike hand to hand, I will satisfy my fury; I the Lord have spoken.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea even I myself, will smite my hands together, And will cause mine indignation to find rest, - Yahweh have spoken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will clap my hands together, and will satisfy my indignation: I the Lord have spoken.

Revised Standard Version
I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the LORD have spoken."

Contextual Overview

⁸ And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ⁹ `Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said, Thus said Jehovah, say: A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished. ¹⁰ So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree. ¹¹ And he giveth it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened -- the sword -- and polished, To give it into the hand of a slayer. ¹² Cry and howl, son of man, For it hath been among My people, It [is] among all the princes of Israel, Cast unto the sword have been My people. Therefore strike on thy thigh, ¹³ Because [it is] a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁴ And thou, son of man, prophesy, And smite hand on hand, And bent is the sword a third time, The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded -- the great one, That is entering the inner chamber to them. ¹⁵ To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapt up for slaughter. ¹⁶ Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed. ¹⁷ And I also, I smite My hand on my hand, And have caused My fury to rest; I, Jehovah, have spoken.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

smite: Ezekiel 21:14, Ezekiel 22:13, Numbers 24:10

and I: Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 16:42, Deuteronomy 28:63, Isaiah 1:24, Zechariah 6:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:13 - honey Jeremiah 4:4 - lest

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'

Genesis 16:9
And the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Turn back unto thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hands;'

Genesis 16:11
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Behold thou [art] conceiving, and bearing a son, and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction;

Genesis 21:1
And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;

Genesis 21:2
and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;

Genesis 21:4
and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

Genesis 21:6
and Sarah saith, `God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'

Genesis 21:13
As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.'

Genesis 21:14
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;

Genesis 46:3
And He saith, `I [am] God, God of thy father, be not afraid of going down to Egypt, for for a great nation I set thee there;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will also smite my hands together,.... As well as the prophet was bid to do, Ezekiel 21:14, either expressing a concern for the calamity of the people, or indignation at their sins: or rather as encouraging their enemies to make use of the sword pointed at them, and, as it were, rejoicing at their destruction for the honour of his justice. The Targum is,

"and even I will bring vengeance upon vengeance:''

and I will cause my fury to rest; when the sword has done its business, and just vengeance is taken, the fury of the Lord shall cease; it shall proceed no further, it shall be kept within due bounds, and no more or further rage:

I the Lord have said it; who is omnipotent, and can do all things, and will do everything that he has said, whether in a way of promise or threatening.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The passage may be called the “Lay of the Sword;” it is written in the form of Hebrew poetry, with its characteristic parallelism.

Ezekiel 21:10

It contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree - The rod is the scepter of dominion, assigned to Judah Genesis 49:10. The destroying sword of Babylon despises the scepter of Judah; it despises every tree. Others render the verse, “Shall we make mirth” (saying), “the rod of my son,” (the rod which corrects my people) “contemneth” (treats with scorn, utterly confounds) “every tree” (every other nation); or, the scepter of my people “contemneth” (proudly despises) every other nation. Proud as the people are, they shall be brought to sorrow.

Ezekiel 21:12

Terrors - Better as in the margin.

Smite upon thy thigh - A token of mourning (compare the marginal reference note).

Ezekiel 21:13

Or,

For it is put to the proof, and if it contemneth even the rod, What shall not be? saith the Lord

i. e., What horrors will not arise when the sword shall cut down without regard the ruling scepter of Judah!

Ezekiel 21:14

Doubled the third time - i. e., “thrice doubled” to express its violence and force.

The sword of the slain - The sword whereby men are to be slain.

Of the great men ... - Or, The sword of the mighty slain, which presseth hard upon them.

Ezekiel 21:15

The point of the sword - The threatening sword or terror; as in Genesis 3:24, “the flaming sword.”

And their ruins be multiplied - literally, “to the multiplication of stumblingblocks,” that is, so that the causes of their fall may be more numerous. Compare Jeremiah 46:16.

Made bright ... - Or,

Ah! It is prepared for a lightning-flash, Drawn for slaughter.

Ezekiel 21:16

The prophet addresses the sword,

Gather thyself up, O sword, to the right or to the left.

Another rendering is: “Turn thee backwards! get thee to the right! Set thee forwards (?)!get thee to the left! O whither is thy face appointed?

Ezekiel 21:17

The Lord smites together His hands in anger (marginal reference), man in consternation.