Ezekiel 21:16
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Go

Ezekiel 21:4,20 And forasmuch as I have cut off in thee the just and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north. . . .

Ezekiel 14:17 Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say to the sword: Pass through the land: and I destroy man and beast out of it:

Ezekiel 16:46 And thy elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand is Sodom, and her daughters.

either

Genesis 13:9 Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me, I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

or on the left.

Context
The LORD's Sword of Judgment
15And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter. 16Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.17And I will clap my hands together, and will satisfy my indignation: I the Lord have spoken.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 21:15
And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.

Ezekiel 21:17
And I will clap my hands together, and will satisfy my indignation: I the Lord have spoken.

Lexicon
Slash
הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י (hiṯ·’a·ḥă·ḏî)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 258: Go one way or other

to the right;
הֵימִ֖נִי (hê·mi·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3231: To go to or choose the right, to use the right hand

set your blade
הָשִׂ֣ימִי (hā·śî·mî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

to the left—
הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי (haś·mî·lî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8041: To use the left hand, pass in that direction)

wherever
אָ֖נָה (’ā·nāh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 575: Where?, whither?, when?, hither and thither

your blade
פָּנַ֥יִךְ (pā·na·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

is directed.
מֻעָדֽוֹת׃ (mu·‘ā·ḏō·wṯ)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3259: To fix upon, to meet, to summon, to direct, to engage


Additional Translations
Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed.Go you one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, wherever your face is set.

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

And do thou go on, sharpen thyself on the right and on the left whithersoever thy face may set itself.

Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.

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

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

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

Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.
Jump to Previous
Appointed Array Blade Cut Direct Directed Edge Either Face Gather Hand Ordered Pointed Possession Right Sharp Sharply Show Sword Thyself Together Turn Way Wherever Whither Whithersoever
Jump to Next
Appointed Array Blade Cut Direct Directed Edge Either Face Gather Hand Ordered Pointed Possession Right Sharp Sharply Show Sword Thyself Together Turn Way Wherever Whither Whithersoever
Links
Ezekiel 21:16 NIV
Ezekiel 21:16 NLT
Ezekiel 21:16 ESV
Ezekiel 21:16 NASB
Ezekiel 21:16 KJV

Ezekiel 21:16 Bible Apps
Ezekiel 21:16 Biblia Paralela
Ezekiel 21:16 Chinese Bible
Ezekiel 21:16 French Bible
Ezekiel 21:16 German Bible

Alphabetical: appointed blade edge go is left O right set sharp Show slash sword the then to turned wherever your yourself

OT Prophets: Ezekiel 21:16 Gather you together go to the right (Ezek. Eze Ezk) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Ezekiel 21:15
Top of Page
Top of Page