16O sword, slash to the right, then to the left, wherever your blade is turned.


In Context

13 " 'Testing will surely come. And what if the scepter of Judah , which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Sovereign LORD .'

14 "So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times. It is a sword for slaughter- a sword for great slaughter, closing in on them from every side.

15 So that hearts may melt and the fallen be many, I have stationed the sword for slaughter at all their gates. Oh! It is made to flash like lightning, it is grasped for slaughter.

16 O sword, slash to the right, then to the left, wherever your blade is turned.

17 I too will strike my hands together, and my wrath will subside. I the LORD have spoken."

18 The word of the LORD came to me:

Ezekiel 21:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Gather up strength, go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Gather thee together, go to the right; set thyself in array, go to the left; whithersoever thy face is set.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Gather yourselves together, go to the right, set yourselves in array, go to the left, wherever your face is set.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Go you one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, wherever your face is set.