Ezekiel 38:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your company gathered around you, and you will be their commander.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Be prepared, and prepare for yourself, you, and all your company that are assembled unto you, and be a guard unto them.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Be thou prepared,{H3559} yea, prepare{H3559} thyself, thou, and all thy companies{H6951} that are assembled{H6950} unto thee, and be thou a guard{H4929} unto them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Be thou prepared{H3559}{(H8734)}, and prepare{H3559}{(H8685)} for thyself, thou, and all thy company{H6951} that are assembled{H6950}{(H8737)} unto thee, and be thou a guard{H4929} unto them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore prepare the, set thy self in araye with all thy people, that are come vnto the by heapes, and be thou their defence.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Prepare thy selfe, & make thee ready, both thou, and al thy multitude, that are assembled vnto thee, and be thou their sauegard.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therfore prepare thee, set thy selfe in aray with all thy people that are come vnto thee by heapes, & be thou their defence.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Be prepared, yea, prepare for thee, Thou and all thine assemblies who are assembled unto thee, And thou hast been to them for a guard.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Be ready, make yourself ready, you and all the forces who are with you, and be ready for my orders.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “‘Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Be shattered, you nations, and be terrified! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle and be terrified; prepare for battle and be shattered. 10 Devise your plans, but they will be thwarted; issue your orders, but they will not stand, for God is with us.
  • Isa 37:22 : 22 this is the word the LORD has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head as you flee.
  • Jer 46:3-5 : 3 Prepare your shields, both small and large, and march out for battle! 4 Harness the horses, and mount the riders! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish the spears, and put on your armor! 5 Why do I see them terrified, retreating? Their warriors are beaten down; they flee in haste without looking back—terror is all around! declares the Lord.
  • Jer 46:14-16 : 14 Announce it in Egypt, proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes: 'Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword has devoured those around you.' 15 Why has your strong one been swept away? He did not stand because the Lord drove him away. 16 He caused many to stumble; they fell one upon another. They said, 'Get up! Let us return to our own people and our homeland, away from the oppressing sword.'
  • Jer 51:12 : 12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon! Strengthen the guard, post the watchmen, prepare ambushes, for the Lord has planned and carried out what He purposed against the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Joel 3:9-9 : 9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Arouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and advance. 10 Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ 11 Hasten and come, all you nations from every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, your mighty ones. 12 Let the nations be aroused; let them advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
  • Amos 4:12 : 12 Therefore, this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
  • 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.
  • 2 Chr 25:8 : 8 Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.
  • Ps 2:1-4 : 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One. 3 Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us. 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 38:1-6
    6 verses
    82%

    1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2 Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.

    3 Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

    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.

    5 Persia, Cush, and Put will be with them, all of them with shields and helmets.

    6 Gomer and all its troops, the house of Togarmah from the far north with all its troops, and many nations with you.

  • Ezek 38:8-19
    12 verses
    80%

    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.

    9 You will ascend, coming like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land—you and all your troops and the many peoples with you.

    10 This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your heart, and you will devise an evil plan.

    11 You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will attack peaceful people who live securely—all of them living without walls, without gates and bars.’

    12 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.

    13 Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish with all their young lions will say to you: ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you gathered your hordes to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and possessions, to make off with great plunder?’

    14 Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, will you not be aware of it?

    15 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.

    16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may know me, as I show myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.

    17 This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one I spoke of in former days through my servants the prophets of Israel? At that time, they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them.

    18 On that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, my fury will rise up in my face.

    19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare: On that day, there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

  • Jer 51:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27 Raise a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her. Summon the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her. Bring up horses like swarming locusts!

    28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors, all their officials, and the whole land of their dominion.

  • Nah 2:1
    74%

    1 See, on the mountains, the feet of the one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows, for the wicked one will never again pass through you; he is completely cut off.

  • Joel 3:9
    73%

    9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Arouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and advance.

  • Jer 46:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Prepare your shields, both small and large, and march out for battle!

    4 Harness the horses, and mount the riders! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish the spears, and put on your armor!

  • Ezek 39:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 You, son of man, prophesize against Gog, and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.'

    2 I will turn you around, lead you astray, and bring you from the remote parts of the north onto the mountains of Israel.

  • Isa 8:9
    72%

    9 Be shattered, you nations, and be terrified! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle and be terrified; prepare for battle and be shattered.

  • Jer 1:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 But you, prepare yourself; rise and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them.

    18 Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
    71%

    11 'This is my advice: Gather all Israel to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and you yourself lead them into battle.'

  • Ezek 33:7
    71%

    7 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.

  • Ezek 4:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 Direct your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.

    8 I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

  • Joel 3:11
    70%

    11 Hasten and come, all you nations from every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, your mighty ones.

  • Ezek 39:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 You will fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your armies and the peoples with you. I will give you as food to birds of prey of every kind and to the wild animals of the field.

    5 You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 10:17
    69%

    17 Gather up your belongings from the land, you who live under siege.

  • Ezek 36:9
    69%

    9 For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

  • Ezek 4:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 Build siege works against it, construct a ramp, set up camps around it, and place battering rams against it all around.

    3 Then take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Set your face against it, besiege it, and let it be under siege. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.

  • Jer 49:5
    69%

    5 Behold, I am bringing terror upon you from all around you, declares the Lord, the LORD of Hosts. You will be driven away, each man fleeing before him, with no one to gather the fugitives.

  • Isa 54:15
    69%

    15 Indeed, if anyone assembles against you, it will not be from Me. Whoever assembles against you will fall for your sake.

  • Isa 29:3
    69%

    3 I will encamp in a circle against you, I will besiege you with towers, and I will raise siegeworks against you.

  • Nah 3:14
    69%

    14 Draw water for the siege, strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold.

  • Isa 22:7
    69%

    7 Your choicest valleys were filled with chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gate.

  • Isa 21:6
    69%

    6 For this is what the Lord said to me: 'Go, station a watchman, and let him report what he sees.'

  • Isa 49:18
    68%

    18 Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you. As surely as I live, declares the Lord, you will wear them all as ornaments and put them on like a bride.

  • Amos 4:12
    68%

    12 Therefore, this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.

  • Ezek 33:2
    68%

    2 Son of man, speak to the people of your nation and say to them, 'When I bring a sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one man from among them and make him their watchman,'

  • Ezek 21:16
    68%

    16 He has given it to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand; it is sharpened and polished to be placed in the hands of the slayer.