Ezekiel 39 · Verse 3

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.
Ezekiel 39:3, King James Version

Ezekiel 39:3 in other translations

BSBThen I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
WEBI will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
ASVand I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
YLTAnd have smitten thy bow out of thy left hand, Yea, thine arrows out of thy right I cause to fall.
DARBYAnd I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
BBEAnd with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.
WebsterAnd I will strike thy bow out of thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall from thy right hand.

What does Ezekiel 39:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. bow--in which the Scythians were most expert.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand - The Persians whom Antiochus had in his army, Eze 38:5, were famous as archers, and they may be intended here. The bow is held by the left hand; the arrow is pulled and discharged by the right.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 39:1-10

The destruction of Gog. (Ezek 39:1-10) Its extent. (Ezek 39:11-22) Israel again favoured. (Ezek 39:23-29) Verses 1-10 The Lord will make the most careless and hardened transgressors know his holy name, either by his righteous anger, or by the riches of his mercy and grace. The weapons formed against Zion shall not prosper. Though this prophecy is to be fulfilled in the latter days, it is certain. From the language…

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Ezekiel 39:3 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.

וְהִכֵּיתִ֥יve.hi.kei.Tiand I will strikeH5221
קַשְׁתְּךָ֖kash.te.Chabow yourH7198
מִיַּ֣דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָse.mo.Le.khaleft yourH8040
וְחִצֶּ֕יךָve.chi.Tzei.khaand arrows yourH2671
מִיַּ֥דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
יְמִינְךָ֖ye.mi.ne.Kharight yourH3225
אַפִּֽיל\׃'a.PilI will make fallH5307

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 39:3

  • Psalms 76:3

    There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

  • Hosea 1:5

    And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

  • Jeremiah 21:4-5

    Thus 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. And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

  • Psalms 46:9

    He 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.

  • Ezekiel 20:21-24

    Notwithstanding 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. Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:21-24; Ps 46:9; 76:3; Jer 21:4,5; Ho 1:5

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

Context

  • Ezekiel 39:2

    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:

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 39:4

    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.

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Ezekiel 39:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y sacaré tu arco de tu mano izquierda, y derribaré tus saetas de tu mano derecha.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et j’abattrai ton arc de ta main gauche, et je ferai tomber tes flèches de ta main droite;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde dir den Bogen aus deiner linken Hand schlagen und deine Pfeile aus deiner rechten Hand werfen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et percutiam arcum tuum in manu sinistra tua, et sagittas tuas de manu dextera tua dejiciam.