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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/39.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/39.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/39.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/39.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/39.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/39.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/39.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/39.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/39.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I shall strike your bow from your left hand, and dash down your arrows from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I will strike your bow from your left hand and cause your arrows from your right hand to fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/39.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows to fall out of your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/39.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/39.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/39.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will knock the bow out of your left hand and the arrows out of your right hand, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/39.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/39.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand and make you drop the arrows in your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/39.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then I will knock his bow out of his left hand and his arrows out of his right hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/39.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />There I will strike your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right, causing your fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/39.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/39.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/39.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/39.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will strike thy bow out of thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall from thy right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/39.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/39.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And have struck your bow out of your left hand, "" Indeed, I cause your arrows to fall out of your right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/39.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And have smitten thy bow out of thy left hand, Yea, thine arrows out of thy right I cause to fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/39.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I struck thy bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows will I cause to fall from thy right hand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/39.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will break thy bow in thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy right hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/39.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will strike your bow in your left hand, and I will cast away your arrows from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/39.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and make the arrows drop from your right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/39.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/39.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will swerve your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/39.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall turn aside your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right hand<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/39.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/39.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=11585" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/39.htm">The Slaughter of Gog's Armies</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: wə·hik·kê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">Then I will strike</a> <a href="/hebrew/7198.htm" title="7198: qaš·tə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A bow. From qashah in the original sense of bending: a bow, for shooting or the iris.">the bow</a> <a href="/hebrew/8040.htm" title="8040: śə·mō·w·le·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- The left. ">from your left</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yaḏ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: ’ap·pîl (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and dash down</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671: wə·ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- From chatsats; properly, a piercer, i.e. An arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear.">the arrows</a> <a href="/hebrew/3225.htm" title="3225: yə·mî·nə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Right hand. From yaman; the right hand or side of a person or other object; locally, the south.">from your right</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yaḏ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>On 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Psalm 46:9</a></span><br />He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Isaiah 54:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">Jeremiah 21:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Hosea 2:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-10.htm">Zechariah 9:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-4.htm">1 Samuel 2:4</a></span><br />The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-15.htm">Psalm 37:15</a></span><br />But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-12.htm">Isaiah 41:12</a></span><br />You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Isaiah 66:16</a></span><br />For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-10.htm">Micah 5:10-11</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Revelation 19:21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-4.htm">Revelation 6:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />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.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will smite your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Ezekiel 20:21-24</a></b></br> Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which <i>if</i> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Psalm 46:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/76-3.htm">Psalm 76:3</a></b></br> There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-6.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-28.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-2.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-34.htm">Dash</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-2.htm">Drop</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-20.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-15.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-15.htm">Strike</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/daniel/2-34.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/hosea/1-5.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-25.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">Dash</a> <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">Drop</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-4.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Right</a> <a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Strike</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 39</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-1.htm">God's judgment upon Gog</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-8.htm">Israel's victory</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Gog's burial in Hamon-gog</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">The feast of the fowls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-21.htm">Israel having been plagued for their sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-25.htm">shall be gathered again with eternal favor</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/39.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/39.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then I will strike the bow from your left hand</b><br>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 <a href="/exodus/14-14.htm">Exodus 14:14</a>, where God fights for Israel.<p><b>and dash down the arrows from your right hand.</b><br>The right hand, often associated with skill and power, holds the arrows ready for use. By dashing down the arrows, God not only disarms but also renders the enemy powerless and ineffective. This act of divine judgment ensures that the threat against Israel is neutralized. The imagery of arrows being dashed down can be connected to <a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Psalm 46:9</a>, where God makes wars cease and breaks the bow. This reflects the theme of God as the ultimate protector and warrior for His people. The prophecy also foreshadows the ultimate defeat of evil, aligning with eschatological themes found in Revelation, where God’s final victory over His enemies is assured.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A 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.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gog.htm">Gog</a></b><br>A leader of a coalition of nations prophesied to come against Israel. In the context of <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/38.htm">Ezekiel 38-39</a>, Gog represents forces opposed to God and His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, often under threat from surrounding nations. In this prophecy, Israel is the target of Gog's aggression.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who defends Israel and demonstrates His power by disarming Gog.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_battle.htm">The Battle</a></b><br>A prophetic event where God intervenes to protect Israel from its enemies, symbolized by the disarming of Gog.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and their leaders. He can disarm and defeat any force that opposes His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_protection.htm">Divine Protection</a></b><br>Just as God protected Israel, He promises to protect His people today. We can trust in His power and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_over_fear.htm">Faith Over Fear</a></b><br>In times of threat or uncertainty, we should place our faith in God's ability to deliver and protect us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_ultimate_victory.htm">God's Ultimate Victory</a></b><br>The prophecy assures us of God's ultimate victory over evil, encouraging us to remain steadfast in our faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_39.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 39</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_kings_17_34-39__why_did_god_reject_israel.htm">2 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?'</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_weapons_burn_for_7_years.htm">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?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_75_8_align_with_god's_love.htm">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?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_ezekiel_physically_taken_to_jerusalem.htm">In Ezekiel 8:3-4, what evidence supports or contradicts the claim Ezekiel was physically transported to Jerusalem by a divine hand?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/39.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand</span>. Bows and arrows were characteristic weapons of the Scythians, whom Herodotus (4:46) styles <span class="greek">ἱπποτοξόται</span> (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/5-16.htm">Jeremiah 5:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/6-23.htm">Jeremiah 6:23</a>; and see note on Ezekiel 38:15). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then I will strike</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hik·kê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bow</span><br /><span class="heb">קַשְׁתְּךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(qaš·tə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7198.htm">Strong's 7198: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bow, for, shooting, the iris</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your left</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(śə·mō·w·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8040.htm">Strong's 8040: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dark, the north, the left hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hand</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיַּ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and dash down</span><br /><span class="heb">אַפִּֽיל׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the arrows</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחִצֶּ֕יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2671.htm">Strong's 2671: </a> </span><span class="str2">A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your right</span><br /><span class="heb">יְמִינְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(yə·mî·nə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3225.htm">Strong's 3225: </a> </span><span class="str2">The right hand, side, the south</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hand.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיַּ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/39-3.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 39:3 And I will strike your bow out (Ezek. 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