God’s Sword of Judgment
Ezekiel 21:30
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
- KJV
- Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.Shall…: or, Cause it to return
- WEB
- Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, I will judge you.
- ASV
- Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
- LSV
- Turn [it] back to its scabbard; I judge you || In the place where you were produced, || In the land of your birth.
- YLT
- Turn [it] back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.
- DBY
- Restore [it] to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth.
- DRC
- Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
- GNV
- Shall I cause it to returne into his sheath? I will iudge thee in the place where thou wast created, euen in the land of thine habitation.
- JPS21:35
- Cause it to return into its sheath! — In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thine origin, will I judge thee.
- LXXE21:35
- Turn, rest not in this place wherein thou wert born: in thine own land will I judge thee.
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Original-language editions
- WLC21:35
- הָשַׁ֖ב אֶל־תַּעְרָ֑הּ בִּמְק֧וֹם אֲשֶׁר־נִבְרֵ֛את בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מְכֻרוֹתַ֖יִךְ אֶשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֹתָֽךְ׃KJV:Ezek.21.30
- LXX-Br21:35
- Ἀπόστρεφε, μὴ καταλύσῃς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ ᾧ γεγέννησαι, ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ ἰδίᾳ σου κρινῶ σε.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 47:6–7‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
- Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
- Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
- Ezekiel 28:15From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you.
- Ezekiel 16:3–4and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. On the day of your birth your cord was…
- Ezekiel 21:4–5Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north. Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return…
- Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:35 in some Bibles
- 21:30 in most Bibles