Ezekiel 30:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ Mortal, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up to heal it by binding it with a bandage, to make it strong to hold and wield the sword.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.

Common English Bible

²¹ Human one, I’ve broken the arm of Pharaoh, Egypt’s king, and it hasn’t been set so that it might heal, nor has it been braced or wrapped up so that it might be strong enough to grasp a sword.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And behold, it has not been wrapped, so that it might be restored to health; it has not been bound with cloths, or bandaged with linen, so that, having recovered strength, it would be able to hold the sword.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword.

Ezekiel 30:21 Cross References

2 Kings 24:7

The king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken over all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Wadi of Egypt to the River Euphrates.

Psalm 10:15

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers; seek out their wickedness until you find none.

Psalm 37:17

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Psalm 89:43

Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not supported him in battle.

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot to the head, there is no soundness in it, only bruises and sores and bleeding wounds; they have not been drained or bound up or softened with oil.

Jeremiah 30:13

There is no one to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you.

Jeremiah 44:30

Thus says the Lord, I am going to give Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of his enemies, those who seek his life, just as I gave King Zedekiah of Judah into the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.”

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter Egypt! In vain you have used many medicines; there is no healing for you.

Jeremiah 48:25

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 30:24

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him with the groans of one mortally wounded.

Ezekiel 39:3

I will strike your bow from your left hand and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.

Nahum 3:16

You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust sheds its skin and flies away.

Zechariah 11:17

Oh, my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be completely withered, his right eye utterly blinded!”

Revelation 18:21

Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “With such violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down and will be found no more;