Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsCause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
Turn it back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.
Restore [it] to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)