Ezekiel 30 · Verse 21

Ezekiel 30:21

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Ezekiel 30:21, King James Version

Ezekiel 30:21 in other translations

BSB“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.
WEB“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it may become strong to hold the sword.
ASVSon of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
YLTThe arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, I have broken, And lo, it hath not been bound up to give healing, To put a bandage to bind it, To strengthen it--to lay hold on the sword.
DARBYSon of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it shall not be bound up to apply remedies, to put a bandage to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
BBESon of man, the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, has been broken by me, and no band has been put round it to make it well, no band has been twisted round it to make it strong for gripping the sword.
WebsterSon of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

What does Ezekiel 30:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. broken ... arm of Pharaoh--(Psa 37:17; Jr 48:25). Referring to the defeat which Pharaoh-hophra sustained from the Chaldeans, when trying to raise the siege of Jerusalem (Jr 37:5, 7); and previous to the deprivation of Pharaoh-necho of all his conquests from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates (2Ki 24:7; Jr 46:2); also to the Egyptian disaster in Cyrene.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 I have broken the arm of Pharaoh - Perhaps this may refer to his defeat by Nebuchadnezzar, when he was coming with the Egyptian army to succor Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 30:20-26

Egypt shall grow weaker and weaker. If lesser judgments do not prevail to humble and reform sinners, God will send greater. God justly breaks that power which is abused, either to put wrongs upon people, or to put cheats upon them. Babylon shall grow stronger. In vain do men endeavour to bind up the arm the Lord is pleased to break, and to strengthen those whom he will bring down. Those who disregard the discoveries…

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Ezekiel 30:21 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.

בֶּן\־ben-O son ofH1121
אָדָ֕ם'a.DamhumankindH120
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
זְר֛וֹעַze.Ro.a'[the] arm ofH2220
פַּרְעֹ֥הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
שָׁבָ֑רְתִּיsha.Va.re.tiI have brokenH7665
וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
חֻ֠בְּשָׁהChu.be.shahit has been bound upH2280
לָתֵ֨תla.Tetto giveH5414
רְפֻא֜וֹתre.fu.'othealing<s>H7499
לָשׂ֥וּםla.Sumto putH7760
חִתּ֛וּלchi.Tula bandageH2848
לְחָבְשָׁ֥הּle.cha.ve.Shahto bind up itH2280
לְחָזְקָ֖הּle.cha.ze.Kahto be strong itH2388
לִתְפֹּ֥שׂlit.Posto wieldH8610
בֶּחָֽרֶב\׃\ \סbe.Cha.rev<on> the swordH2719

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Cross references for Ezekiel 30:21

  • Jeremiah 30:13

    There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

  • Jeremiah 46:11

    Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

  • Psalms 37:17

    For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

  • Jeremiah 48:25

    The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 10:15

    Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

  • Ezekiel 30:24

    And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

  • Isaiah 1:6

    From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

  • Nahum 3:16

    Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

  • Jeremiah 51:8-9

    Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

  • Revelation 18:21

    And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Son of man.This prophecy was delivered soon after the Egyptians under Pharaoh-hophra had come to relieve Jerusalem, and some months before the city was taken, being the eleventh year of Jeremiah's captivity, and answering to April 26, A.M. 3416. When the king of Babylon took from the king of Egypt, in the days of Pharaoh-necho, all his dominions in Asia, one of his arms was broken. God now declared that he should never recover these territories, or gain any ascendancy in that part of the world; nay, that his other arm, which was now strong, should soon be broken, and rendered utterly useless. This was fulfilled when Hophra was dethroned and driven into Upper Egypt by Amasis; and then Nebuchadnezzar, taking advantage of this civil discord, invaded and conquered that kingdom, and enslaved, dispersed, and carried captive the Egyptians.
I have.
24; Ps 10:15; 37:17; Jer 48:25
it shall not.
Isa 1:6; Jer 30:13; 46:11; 51:8,9; Na 3:16; Re 18:21

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Context

  • Ezekiel 30:20

    And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

  • Ezekiel 30:21

    Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

  • Ezekiel 30:22

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

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Ezekiel 30:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hijo del hombre, quebrantado he el brazo de Faraón rey de Egipto; y he aquí que no ha sido vendado poniéndo le medicinas, poniéndole faja para ligarlo, á fin de vigorizarle para que pueda tener espada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Fils d’homme, j’ai cassé le bras du Pharaon, roi d’Égypte, et voici, il n’a point été bandé pour y appliquer des remèdes, pour y mettre des ligatures pour le bander, afin de le fortifier pour qu’il tienne l’épée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Menschensohn, den Arm des Pharao, des Königs von Ägypten, habe ich zerbrochen; und siehe, er ist nicht verbunden worden, daß man Heilmittel angewandt, daß man einen Verband angelegt hätte, ihn zu verbinden, um ihn zu stärken, damit er das Schwert fasse. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fili hominis, brachium Pharaonis regis Ægypti confregi, et ecce non est obvolutum ut restitueretur ei sanitas, ut ligaretur pannis, et fasciaretur linteolis, ut recepto robore posset tenere gladium.