NET Bible
"Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike."
— Ezekiel 21:16, NET Bible
“Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.”
“Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set. ”
“Gather yourselves together, go to the right, set yourselves in array, go to the left, wherever your face is set.”
“Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.”
“Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.”
“Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.”
“‘For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? declares the Sovereign LORD.’
“And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times! It is a sword for slaughter, a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.
So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!
Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike.
I too will clap my hands together, I will exhaust my rage; I the LORD have spoken.”
The LORD’s message came to me:
“You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon’s sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city.