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Ezekiel 21:11

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11The Lord says,

“I have told Nebuchadnezzar to shine his sword.

It is in his hand.

It has been sharpened and shined.

It is ready for the killer’s hand.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘The sword is appointed to be polished,

to be grasped with the hand;

it is sharpened and polished,

made ready for the hand of the slayer.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The sword is given to be polished,

to be grasped in the hand.

It is sharpened, and it is polished,

to be put in the hand of the slayer.’

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, the sword is now being sharpened and polished;

it is being prepared for the executioner.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he gives it to be polished, to be seized by the hand. It is sharpened—a sword—and it is polished to give it into the hand of the killer.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.