Ezekiel 38:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָ֤אתָ מִמְּקֽוֹמְךָ֙ מִיַּרְכְּתֵ֣י צָפ֔וֹן אַתָּ֕ה וְעַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים אִתָּ֑ךְ רֹכְבֵ֤י סוּסִים֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם קָהָ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל וְחַ֥יִל רָֽב׃

Transliteration

û-ḇāʾṯā mi-məqômḵā mi-yarkəṯê ṣāp̄ôn, you wə-ʿammîm rabbîm with-you, rōḵəḇê sûsîm all-of-them, qāhāl gādôl wə-ḥayil rāḇ

Grammar Details

• *û-ḇāʾṯā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with conjunction - and you will come
• *mi-məqômḵā*: preposition with common noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your place
• *mi-yarkəṯê*: preposition with common noun, feminine plural construct - from the remote parts of
• *ṣāp̄ôn*: common noun, masculine singular - north
• *ʾattâ*: independent personal pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
• *wə-ʿammîm*: conjunction with common noun, masculine plural - and peoples
• *rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many
• *ʾittāḵ*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you
• *rōḵəḇê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - riders of
• *sûsîm*: common noun, masculine plural - horses
• *kullām*: noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them
• *qāhāl*: common noun, masculine singular - assembly/congregation
• *gādôl*: adjective, masculine singular - great/large
• *wə-ḥayil*: common noun, masculine singular with conjunction - and army/force
• *rāḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - great/numerous

Word Meanings

• *yarkəṯê ṣāp̄ôn*: remote parts of the north/far north/northern extremities
• *ḥayil*: army/force/strength/might

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you shall come from your place out of the north parts, you, and many people with you, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt come{H935} from thy place{H4725} out of the uttermost parts{H3411} of the north,{H6828} thou, and many{H7227} peoples{H5971} with thee, all of them riding{H7392} upon horses,{H5483} a great{H1419} company{H6951} and a mighty{H7227} army;{H2428}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt come{H935}{(H8804)} from thy place{H4725} out of the north{H6828} parts{H3411}, thou, and many{H7227} people{H5971} with thee, all of them riding{H7392}{(H8802)} upon horses{H5483}, a great{H1419} company{H6951}, and a mighty{H7227} army{H2428}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and shalt come from thy place, out of the north partes: thou and moch people wt the, which ryde vpon horses, wherof there is a greate multitude and an innumerable sorte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And come fro thy place out of the North partes, thou and much people with thee? All shall ride vpon horses, euen a great multitude and a mightie armie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north partes, thou and much people with thee, which ride al vpon horses, euen a great multitude and a mightie armie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou hast come in out of thy place, From the sides of the north, Thou and many peoples with thee, Riding on horses -- all of them, A great assembly, and a numerous force.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost parts of the north, thou, and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company and a mighty army;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost parts of the north, thou, and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company and a mighty army;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you will come from your place in the inmost parts of the north, you and a great number of peoples with you, all of them on horseback, a great force and a strong army:

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 39:2 : 2 I will turn you around, lead you astray, and bring you from the remote parts of the north onto the mountains of Israel.
• Ezek 38:6 : 6 Gomer and all its troops, the house of Togarmah from the far north with all its troops, and many nations with you.
• Ezek 38:4 : 4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them wielding swords.
• Dan 11:40 : 40 At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships. He will invade countries, sweeping through them like a flood.
• Joel 3:2 : 2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment with them concerning my people and my inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and they have divided up my land.
• Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore, wait for me, declares the LORD, until the day I rise to testify. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation—all the burning heat of my anger. For in the fire of my jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed.
• Zech 12:2-4 : 2 Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations. Even Judah will be besieged as Jerusalem is attacked. 3 And on that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who try to lift it will be severely injured, and all the nations of the earth will gather against her. 4 On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. But I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the nations with blindness.
• Zech 14:2-3 : 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured, the houses will be plundered, and the women violated. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as He fights in a day of battle.
• Rev 16:14 : 14 They are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God Almighty.
• Rev 16:16 : 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
• Rev 20:8 : 8 He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand on the seashore.