Ezekiel 29 · Verse 8

Ezekiel 29:8

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
Ezekiel 29:8, King James Version

Ezekiel 29:8 in other translations

BSBTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
WEB“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
ASVTherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.
YLTTherefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in against thee a sword, And have cut off from thee man and beast.
DARBYTherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast from thee.
BBEFor this cause the Lord has said: See, I am sending a sword on you, cutting off from you man and beast.
WebsterTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

What does Ezekiel 29:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. a sword--Nebuchadnezzar's army (Eze 29:19). Also Amasis and the Egyptian revolters who after Pharaoh-hophra's discomfiture in Cyrene dethroned and strangled him, having defeated him in a battle fought at Memphis [Junius].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 29:1-16

The desolation of Egypt. (Ezek 29:1-16) Also a promise of mercy to Israel. (Ezek 29:17-21) Verses 1-16 Worldly, carnal minds pride themselves in their property, forgetting that whatever we have, we received it from God, and should use it for God. Why, then, do we boast? Self is the great idol which all the world worships, in contempt of God and his sovereignty. God can force men out of that in which they are most…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 29:1-16 →

Ezekiel 29:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
הִנְנִ֛יhi.Nihere IH2005
מֵבִ֥יאme.Vi'[am] about to bringH935
עָלַ֖יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
חָ֑רֶבCha.reva swordH2719
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥יve.hikh.ra.Tiand I will cut offH3772
מִמֵּ֖ךְmi.Mekhfrom youH4480
אָדָ֥ם'a.DamhumankindH120
וּבְהֵמָֽה\׃u.ve.he.Mahand animal[s]H929

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Cross references for Ezekiel 29:8

  • Ezekiel 14:17

    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

  • Jeremiah 46:13-26

    The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them. He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. …

  • Ezekiel 30:4

    And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

  • Genesis 6:7

    And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  • Ezekiel 32:10-13

    Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

  • Ezekiel 25:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

  • Ezekiel 30:10

    Thus saith the Lord God; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 32:43

    And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

  • Exodus 12:12

    For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 7:20

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

  • Ezekiel 29:19-20

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.

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I will.
19,20; 14:17; 30:4,10; Jer 46:13-26
cut.
25:13; 32:10-13; Ge 6:7; Ex 12:12; Jer 7:20; 32:43

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Context

  • Ezekiel 29:7

    When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

  • Ezekiel 29:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

  • Ezekiel 29:9

    And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

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Ezekiel 29:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: He aquí que yo traigo contra ti espada, y talaré de ti hombres y bestias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Voici, je fais venir l’épée sur toi, et je retrancherai de toi hommes et bêtes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
darum, so spricht der Herr, Jehova: Siehe, ich bringe das Schwert über dich und werde Menschen und Vieh aus dir ausrotten;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego adducam super te gladium, et interficiam de te hominem et jumentum.