KJV 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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 39
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, 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 people that [is] with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and [to] the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Cross-references
Psalm 76:3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.Hosea 1:5And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.Jeremiah 21:4-5Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.Ezekiel 20:21-24Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.Psalm 46:9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
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