Ezekiel 21:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.”

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BSBPD

“Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 21:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 13:9Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
  2. Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
  3. Ezekiel 16:46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
  4. Ezekiel 21:4Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
  5. Ezekiel 21:20Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
  6. Ezekiel 28:23I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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