Ezekiel 38:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You will come to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against resettled ruins and against a people gathered from the nations, people acquiring livestock and goods, who live at the center of the land.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn your hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    to take{H7997} the spoil{H7998} and to take{H962} the prey;{H957} to turn{H7725} thy hand{H3027} against the waste places{H2723} that are [now] inhabited,{H3427} and against the people{H5971} that are gathered{H622} out of the nations,{H1471} that have gotten{H6213} cattle{H4735} and goods,{H7075} that dwell{H3427} in the middle{H2872} of the earth.{H776}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    To take{H7997}{(H8800)} a spoil{H7998}, and to take{H962}{(H8800)} a prey{H957}; to turn{H7725}{(H8687)} thine hand{H3027} upon the desolate places{H2723} that are now inhabited{H3427}{(H8737)}, and upon the people{H5971} that are gathered{H622}{(H8794)} out of the nations{H1471}, which have gotten{H6213}{(H8802)} cattle{H4735} and goods{H7075}, that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} in the midst{H2872} of the land{H776}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    to spoyle them, to robbe the, to laye honde vpon their so wel inhabited wildernesses: agaynst that people, yt is gathered together from amonge the Heithe, which haue gotten catell and good, and dwell in the myddest of the londe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thinking to spoyle the pray, and to take a bootie, to turne thine hande vpon the desolate places that are nowe inhabited, and vpon the people, that are gathered out of the nations which haue gotten cattell and goods, and dwell in the middes of the land.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    To spoyle the pray, and to take a bootie, to turne thy hande vpon the desolate places that are nowe inhabited, & vpon that people that is gathered together from among the heathen, whiche haue gotten cattell and goodes, and dwell in the mids of the lande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places [that are now] inhabited, and upon the people [that are] gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten cattle and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    To take a spoil, and to take a prey, To turn back thy hand on inhabited wastes, And on a people gathered out of nations, Making cattle and substance, Dwelling on a high part of the land.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are `now' inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    To take their property by force and go off with their goods; turning your hand against the waste places which now are peopled, and against the people who have been got together out of the nations, who have got cattle and goods for themselves, who are living in the middle of the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    to loot and plunder, to attack the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center of the earth.”

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 10:6 : 6 I send him against a godless nation; I dispatch him against a people at My wrath, to seize plunder, to take spoil, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
  • Ezek 29:19 : 19 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, her plunder, and her loot as wages for his army.
  • Ezek 38:8 : 8 After many days, you will be called to attention. In the latter years, you will go against a land that has been brought back from the sword and gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. Its people were brought out from the nations, and now they dwell securely, all of them.
  • Amos 1:8 : 8 'I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord GOD.
  • Zech 1:12 : 12 Then the angel of the Lord said, 'Lord of Hosts, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?'
  • Zech 1:17 : 17 Proclaim again: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.'
  • Zech 10:8-9 : 8 I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will become as numerous as they were before. 9 Though I scatter them among the nations, they will remember Me even in distant lands. They will live with their children and return. 10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the lands of Gilead and Lebanon, but there will not be enough room for them.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
  • Ezek 36:33-35 : 33 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by. 35 They will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the Garden of Eden, and the ruined, desolate, and demolished cities are now fortified and inhabited.'
  • Judg 9:37 : 37 But Gaal spoke again, "Look, people are coming down from the central area of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the soothsayers’ oak."
  • Isa 1:24-25 : 24 Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "I will gain relief from My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies. 25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purify your dross as with lye and remove all your impurities.
  • Jer 30:16 : 16 But all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries will go into captivity. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and all who loot you I will give as loot.
  • Jer 32:43-44 : 43 Fields will once again be purchased in this land about which you are saying, 'It is a desolate place without man or beast; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans.' 44 Fields will be bought with silver, deeds signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin and in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah, the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD.
  • Jer 33:12-13 : 12 This is what the Lord Almighty says: In this desolate place, without people or animals, and in all its towns, there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks. 13 In the towns of the hill country, the western foothills, and the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.

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