Ezekiel 38 · Verse 5

Ezekiel 38:5

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

Ezekiel 38:5, King James Version

Ezekiel 38:5 in other translations

BSB	Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
WEB	Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
ASV	Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
YLT	Persia, Cush, and Phut, with them, All of them with shield and helmet.
DARBY	Persia, Cush, and Phut with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
BBE	Persia, Cush, and Put with them; all of them with body-cover and metal head-dress:
Webster	Persia, Cush, and Phut with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

What does Ezekiel 38:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. Persia ... Libya--expressly specified by Appian as supplying the ranks of Antiochus' army.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5 Persia - That a part of this country was tributary to Antiochus, see 1 Maccabees 3:31. Ethiopia, and Libya - That these were auxiliaries of Antiochus is evident from Dan 11:43 : "The Libyans and Ethiopians shall be at his steps."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 38:1-13

The army and malice of Gog. (Ezek 38:1-13) God's judgments. (Ezek 38:14-23) Verses 1-13 These events will be in the latter days. It is supposed these enemies will come together to invade the land of Judea, and God will defeat them. God not only sees who are now the enemies of his church, but he foresees who will be so, and lets them know by his word that he is against them; though they join together, the wicked…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 38:1-13 →

Ezekiel 38:5 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.

פָּרַ֛סpa.RasPersiaH6539

כּ֥וּשׁkushCushH3568

וּפ֖וּטu.Futand PutH6316

אִתָּ֑ם'i.Tam[will be] with themH854

כֻּלָּ֖םku.Lamall of themH3605

מָגֵ֥ןma.GenshieldH4043

וְכוֹבָֽע\׃ve.kho.Va'and helmetH3553

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 38:5

Ezekiel 27:10
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Ezekiel 30:5
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Genesis 10:8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Nahum 3:9
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
1 Chronicles 1:8
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Persia.
27:10
Libya. or, Phut.
30:5; Ge 10:6; 1Ch 1:8; Na 3:9
Put.

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

Context

Ezekiel 38:4
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Ezekiel 38:5
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Ezekiel 38:6
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

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Ezekiel 38:5 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Persia, y Etiopía, y Libia con ellos; todos ellos con escudos y almetes:
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	avec eux la Perse, Cush, et Puth, ayant tous des boucliers et des casques;
German Elberfelder 1871	Perser, Äthiopier und Put mit ihnen, allesamt mit Schild und Helm;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Persæ, Æthiopes, et Libyes cum eis, omnes scutati et galeati.