Ezekiel 21:16New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Show yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your edge is appointed.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Gather thee together, go to the right; set thyself in array, go to the left; whithersoever thy face is set.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— One firm stroke to the right, Turn to the left,—Whithersoever thine edge is directed,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Get thee alone: goe to the right hande, or get thy selfe to the left hande, whithersoeuer thy face turneth.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Goe thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoeuer thy face is set.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Take hold firmly my right hand, take hold firmly my left hand, wherever my face is turned;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And do thou go on, sharpen thyself on the right and on the left whithersoever thy face may set itself.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set. |
Go thee one way or other,
258 {0258} Primeאָחַד'achad{aw-khad'}
Perhaps a primitive root; to unify, that is, (figuratively) collect (one's thoughts).
z8690 <8690> Grammar
Stem - Hithpael (See H8819) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 71
[ either] on
y7760 [7760] Standardשׂוּםsuwm{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8685 <8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 731
the right hand,
3231 {3231} Primeיָמַןyaman{yaw-man'}
A primitive root; to be (physically) right (that is, firm); but used only as denominative from H3225 and transitively, to be right handed or take the right hand side.
z8685 <8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 731
[ or] on the left,
8041 {8041} Primeשׂמאלsama'l{saw-mal'}
A primitive root (rather denominative from H8040); to use the left hand or pass in that direction.
z8685 <8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 731
whithersoever
575 {0575} Primeאָן'an{awn}
Contracted from H0370; where?; hence whither?, when?; also hither and thither.
thy face
6440 {6440} Primeפָּנִיםpaniym{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun ( פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before, etc.).
[ is] set.
3259 {3259} Primeיָעַדya`ad{yaw-ad'}
A primitive root; to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or position), to engage (for marriage).
z8716 <8716> Grammar
Stem - Hophal (See H8825) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 113 |
Ezekiel 21:16
_ _ Apostrophe to the sword.
_ _ Go ... one way — or, “Concentrate thyself”; “Unite thy forces on the right hand” [Grotius]. The sword is commanded to take the nearest route for Jerusalem, “whither their face was set,” whether south or north (“right hand or left”), according to where the several parts of the Chaldean host may be.
_ _ or other, ... on the left — rather “set thyself on the left.” The verbs are well-chosen. The main “concentration” of forces was to be on “the right hand,” or south, the part of Judea in which Jerusalem was, and which lay south in marching from Babylon, whereas the Chaldean forces advancing on Jerusalem from Egypt, of which Jerusalem was north, were fewer, and therefore “set thyself” is the verb used. |
Ezekiel 21:16
Go — O sword, take thy own course. |
Ezekiel 21:16
Go thee (n) one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, wherever thy face [is] set.
(n) Provide for yourself: for you will see God's plague of all parts on this country. |
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Ezekiel 21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ezekiel 21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
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:
Ezekiel 16:46 And thine elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters.
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- either:
Genesis 13:9 [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
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- or on the left:
- Heb. set thyself, take the left hand
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