Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
New American Standard Bible
I will call for a
King James Version
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Holman Bible
I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains”—the declaration of the Lord God—“and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
International Standard Version
Then I'll call for war against Gog on top of every mountain,' declares the Lord GOD, "and every weapon of war will be turned against their fellow soldier.
A Conservative Version
And I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says lord LORD. Every man's sword shall be against his brother.
American Standard Version
And I will call for a sword against him unto all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Amplified
I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,” says the Lord God. “Every man’s (invading soldier’s) sword will be against his brother (ally) [in panic and confusion].
Bible in Basic English
And I will send to all my mountains for a sword against him, says the Lord: every man's sword will be against his brother.
Julia Smith Translation
And I called to all my mountains a sword against him, says the Lord Jehovah: and the sword of each shall be against his brother.
King James 2000
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, says the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will call against him in all of my mountains a sword,' {declares} the Lord Yahweh, '[And] [the] sword of each [person] will be against his brother.
Modern King James verseion
And I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains, says the Lord Jehovah. Each man's sword shall be against his brother.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will call for a sword upon them in all my mountains, sayeth the LORD God: so that every man's sword shall be upon another.
NET Bible
I will call for a sword to attack Gog on all my mountains, declares the sovereign Lord; every man's sword will be against his brother.
New Heart English Bible
I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains,' says the Lord GOD: 'every man's sword shall be against his brother.
The Emphasized Bible
Then will I call against him, every terror, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, the sword of every man against his brother, shall be;
Webster
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
World English Bible
I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Yahweh: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have called against him, to all My mountains a sword, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, The sword of each is against his brother.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 38:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Message To Gog
20 so that the fish of the sea, and the fowl of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things which creep upon the earth, and all mankind that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence; and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with him, overflowing rain and great hailstones, fire and brimstone.
Cross References
Judges 7:22
When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shit'tah toward Zer'erah, as far as the border of A'bel-meho'lah, by Tabbath.
1 Samuel 14:20
And Saul and all the people that were with him were called together, and they came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, a very great confusion.
2 Chronicles 20:23
And the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to exterminate and destroy them; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,
Haggai 2:22
and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride therein; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Psalm 105:16
And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.