Ezekiel 38 · Verse 21

Ezekiel 38:21

And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
Ezekiel 38:21, King James Version

Ezekiel 38:21 in other translations

BSBAnd I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
WEBI will call for a sword against him to all my mountains,” says the Lord GOD. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother.
ASVAnd I will call for a sword against him unto all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
YLTAnd I have called against him, to all My mountains a sword, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, The sword of each is against his brother.
DARBYAnd I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
BBEAnd I will send to all my mountains for a sword against him, says the Lord: every man's sword will be against his brother.
WebsterAnd I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

What does Ezekiel 38:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. every man's sword ... against his brother--I will destroy them partly by My people's sword, partly by their swords being turned against one another (compare 2Ch 20:23).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 I will call for a sword against him - Meaning Judas Maccabeus, who defeated his army under Lysias, making a horrible carnage. - Martin. Cambyses had no wars in the mountains of Israel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 38:14-23

The enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel. When Israel dwell safely under the Divine protection, shalt not thou be made to know it by finding that endeavours to destroy them are made in vain? Promises of security are treasured up in the word of God, against the troubles and dangers the church may be brought into in the latter days. In the destruction of sinners, God makes it appear that he…

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Ezekiel 38:21 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.

וְקָרָ֨אתִיve.ka.Ra.tiand I will summonH7121
עָלָ֤יו'a.Lavon himH5921
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
הָרַי֙ha.Raimountains myH2022
חֶ֔רֶבChe.reva swordH2719
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069
חֶ֥רֶבChe.rev[the] sword ofH2719
אִ֖ישׁ'isheachH376
בְּאָחִ֥יוbe.'a.Chivon brother hisH251
תִּֽהְיֶֽה\׃Tih.Yehit will beH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 38:21

  • Haggai 2:22

    And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

  • Judges 7:22

    And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.

  • 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:

  • 2 Chronicles 20:23

    For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

  • 1 Samuel 14:20

    And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

  • Psalms 105:16

    Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
14:17; Ps 105:16
every.
Jud 7:22; 1Sa 14:20; 2Ch 20:23; Hag 2:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 38:20

    So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

  • Ezekiel 38:21

    And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.

  • Ezekiel 38:22

    And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

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Ezekiel 38:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y en todos mis montes llamaré contra él espada, dice el Señor Jehová: la espada de cada cual será contra su hermano.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et j’appellerai contre lui l’épée sur toutes mes montagnes, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel; l’épée de chacun sera contre son frère.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde nach allen meinen Bergen hin das Schwert über ihn herbeirufen, spricht der Herr, Jehova; das Schwert des einen wird wider den anderen sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et convocabo adversus eum in cunctis montibus meis gladium, ait Dominus Deus: gladius uniuscujusque in fratrem suum dirigetur.