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

Sheath - A case or covering for a sword.

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.