Ezekiel 21:16

In 11 translations

BSB

Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.

KJV

Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.or on…: Heb. set thyself, take the left hand

WEB

Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.

ASV

Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

LSV

Take possession of the right, place yourself at the left, || To where your face is appointed.

YLT

Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.

DBY

Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.

DRC

Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.

GNV

Get thee alone: goe to the right hande, or get thy selfe to the left hande, whithersoeuer thy face turneth.

JPS21:21

Go thee one way to the right, or direct thyself to the left; whither is thy face set?

LXXE21:21

And do thou go on, sharpen thyself on the right and on the left whithersoever thy face may set itself.

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WLC21:21

הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י הֵימִ֖נִי הָשִׂ֣ימִי הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי אָ֖נָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ מֻעָדֽוֹת׃KJV:Ezek.21.16

LXX-Br21:21

Καὶ διαπορεύου, ὀξύνου ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων, οὗ ἄν τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐξεγείρηται.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 13:9Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
• Ezekiel 16:46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
• Ezekiel 21:20Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
• Ezekiel 21:4Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.

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