Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. New Living Translation I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless. English Standard Version Then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand. Berean Standard Bible Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand. King James Bible And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. New King James Version Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand. New American Standard Bible Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand. NASB 1995 “I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand. NASB 1977 “And I shall strike your bow from your left hand, and dash down your arrows from your right hand. Legacy Standard Bible And I will strike your bow from your left hand and cause your arrows from your right hand to fall. Amplified Bible I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows to fall out of your right hand. Christian Standard Bible Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. American Standard Version and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Contemporary English Version I will knock the bow out of your left hand and the arrows out of your right hand, English Revised Version and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand and make you drop the arrows in your right hand. Good News Translation Then I will knock his bow out of his left hand and his arrows out of his right hand. International Standard Version There I will strike your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right, causing your fall. NET Bible I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand. New Heart English Bible and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. Webster's Bible Translation And I will strike thy bow out of thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall from thy right hand. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleThen I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand. World English Bible I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd have struck your bow out of your left hand, "" Indeed, I cause your arrows to fall out of your right. Young's Literal Translation And have smitten thy bow out of thy left hand, Yea, thine arrows out of thy right I cause to fall. Smith's Literal Translation And I struck thy bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows will I cause to fall from thy right hand. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I will break thy bow in thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will strike your bow in your left hand, and I will cast away your arrows from your right hand. New American Bible Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and make the arrows drop from your right. New Revised Standard Version I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I will swerve your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I shall turn aside your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right hand OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Brenton Septuagint Translation And I will destroy the bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows out of thy right hand, and I will cast thee down on the mountains of Israel; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Slaughter of Gog's Armies…2I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel. 3Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand. 4On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.… Cross References Psalm 46:9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 21:4 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety. Zechariah 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. 1 Samuel 2:4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength. Psalm 37:15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. Isaiah 41:12 You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. Isaiah 66:16 For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD. Jeremiah 50:9 For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. Micah 5:10-11 “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots. / I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds. Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. Revelation 19:21 And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. Revelation 6:4 Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword. Revelation 19:17-18 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” Treasury of Scripture And I will smite your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. 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… Psalm 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. Psalm 76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. Jump to Previous Arrows Blow Bow Cause Dash Drop Fall Falling Hand Right Smite Smitten StrikeJump to Next Arrows Blow Bow Cause Dash Drop Fall Falling Hand Right Smite Smitten StrikeEzekiel 39 1. God's judgment upon Gog8. Israel's victory 11. Gog's burial in Hamon-gog 17. The feast of the fowls 21. Israel having been plagued for their sins 25. shall be gathered again with eternal favor Then I will strike the bow from your left hand This phrase indicates divine intervention and judgment. The bow, a common weapon in ancient warfare, symbolizes military power and strength. The act of God striking the bow from the hand signifies the disarmament and defeat of the enemy. In the context of Ezekiel, this is part of the prophecy against Gog, a leader of a coalition of nations opposing Israel. The left hand traditionally holds the bow, suggesting preparation for battle, but God’s action demonstrates His sovereignty over human plans and military might. This echoes other biblical instances where God intervenes in battles, such as in Exodus 14:14, where God fights for Israel. and dash down the arrows from your right hand. Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is the author of the book and the one through whom God delivers this prophecy. 2. Gog A leader of a coalition of nations prophesied to come against Israel. In the context of Ezekiel 38-39, Gog represents forces opposed to God and His people. 3. Israel The nation chosen by God, often under threat from surrounding nations. In this prophecy, Israel is the target of Gog's aggression. 4. God The sovereign Lord who defends Israel and demonstrates His power by disarming Gog. 5. The Battle A prophetic event where God intervenes to protect Israel from its enemies, symbolized by the disarming of Gog. Teaching Points God's SovereigntyGod is in control of all nations and their leaders. He can disarm and defeat any force that opposes His will. Divine Protection Just as God protected Israel, He promises to protect His people today. We can trust in His power and faithfulness. Spiritual Warfare The imagery of disarming the enemy reminds us of the spiritual battles we face. We must rely on God's strength rather than our own. Faith Over Fear In times of threat or uncertainty, we should place our faith in God's ability to deliver and protect us. God's Ultimate Victory The prophecy assures us of God's ultimate victory over evil, encouraging us to remain steadfast in our faith. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 392 Kings 17:34-39 - If God's covenant with Israel was everlasting, how does the text reconcile this with the assertion that He 'rejected all the descendants of Israel?' How can Ezekiel 39:9-10 realistically describe weapons burning for seven years without a consistent fuel source or evidence of such an event in recorded history? Psalm 75:8 depicts God forcing the wicked to drink a cup of wrath; how does this harmonize with notions of a loving and merciful God in the New Testament? In Ezekiel 8:3-4, what evidence supports or contradicts the claim Ezekiel was physically transported to Jerusalem by a divine hand?Verse 3. - I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand. Bows and arrows were characteristic weapons of the Scythians, whom Herodotus (4:46) styles ἱπποτοξόται (comp. Jeremiah 5:16; Jeremiah 6:23; and see note on Ezekiel 38:15). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then I will strikeוְהִכֵּיתִ֥י (wə·hik·kê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5221: To strike the bow קַשְׁתְּךָ֖ (qaš·tə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris from your left שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ (śə·mō·w·le·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8040: Dark, the north, the left hand hand מִיַּ֣ד (mî·yaḏ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand and dash down אַפִּֽיל׃ (’ap·pîl) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie the arrows וְחִצֶּ֕יךָ (wə·ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear from your right יְמִינְךָ֖ (yə·mî·nə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south hand. מִיַּ֥ד (mî·yaḏ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand Links Ezekiel 39:3 NIVEzekiel 39:3 NLT Ezekiel 39:3 ESV Ezekiel 39:3 NASB Ezekiel 39:3 KJV Ezekiel 39:3 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 39:3 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 39:3 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 39:3 French Bible Ezekiel 39:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 39:3 And I will strike your bow out (Ezek. 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