Ezekiel 21:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.”

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BSBPD

“Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Turn <FI>it<Fi> back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 21:30 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
  2. Jeremiah 47:6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
  3. Ezekiel 12:10Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’
  4. Ezekiel 16:3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
  5. Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
  6. Ezekiel 21:4Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
  7. Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
  8. Ezekiel 28:15From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you.

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

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