King James Version
Ezekiel 21:16 in the King James Version says “Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. or on: Heb. set thyse...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. or on: Heb. set thyself, take the left hand”
Ezekiel 21:16 · KJV
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. hands: Heb. hand to hand
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. point: or, glittering, or, fear wrapped up: or, sharpened
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. or on: Heb. set thyself, take the left hand
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Go thee one way or other”
H258to unify, i.e., (figuratively) collect (one's thoughts)
“either on”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“thy face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“is set”
H3259to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or positi
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