Ezekiel 30:21

¹⁹ So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

²⁰ In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

²² Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

²³ I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it may become strong to hold the sword.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it shall not be bound up to apply remedies, to put a bandage to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
BLB: “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up to give healing, to put a bandage to bind it, for strength to hold the sword.

ÅB: Menneskesønn! Jeg har sønderbrutt egypterkongen Faraos arm, og se, den er ikke blitt forbundet; ingen har brukt legemidler eller lagt forbinding på, så den kunne bli sterk nok til å gripe sverdet.
OTB: "Menneskesønn, jeg har brutt armen til farao, kongen av Egypt. Den har ikke blitt bundet opp for helbredelse eller pakket med bandasje, så den kan bli sterk nok til å svinge sverdet.
B1930: Menneskesønn! Jeg har sønderbrutt egypterkongen Faraos arm, og se, den er ikke blitt forbundet; ingen har brukt lægemidler eller lagt forbinding på, så den kunde bli sterk nok til å gripe sverdet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 30:13
There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
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Jeremiah 46:11
Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
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Psalms 37:17
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
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Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
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Psalms 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
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Ezekiel 30:24
I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
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Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
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Nahum 3:16
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
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