Ezekiel 21:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
American King James Version (AKJV)
That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
American Standard Version (ASV)
and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.
Webster's Revision
That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.
World English Bible
and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
English Revised Version (ERV)
and all flesh shall know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
Definitions for Ezekiel 21:5
Clarke's Ezekiel 21:5 Bible Commentary
It shall not return any more - That is, till all the work that I have designed for it is done. Nor did it; for Nebuchadnezzar never rested till he had subdued all the lands from the south to the north, from the Euphrates to the Nile.
Wesley's Ezekiel 21:5 Bible Commentary
21:5 Shall not return - It shall not return into the scabbard 'till it hath done full execution.