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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
התאחדי הימני השימי השמילי אנה פניך מעדות
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
htAKHdy hymny hSHymy hSHmyly Anh pnyk m`dvt

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
exacuere vade ad dextram sive ad sinistram quocumque faciei tuae est appetitus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Go you one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, wherever your face is set.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Go you one way or the other, either on the right hand, or on the left, wherever your face is set.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
New King James Version   
“Swords at the ready! Thrust right! Set your blade! Thrust left— Wherever your edge is ordered!
21st Century King James Version   
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Darby Bible Translation   
Gather up strength, go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Gather thee together, go to the right; set thyself in array, go to the left; whithersoever thy face is set.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed.
God's Word   
Sword, cut to the right. Cut to the left or wherever your blade is turned.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Slash to the right; turn to the left-- wherever your blade is directed.
International Standard Version   
Be sharp! Attack on the right, or parry to your left, wherever you point your sword.
NET Bible   
Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike.
New American Standard Bible   
"Show yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your edge is appointed.
New International Version   
Slash to the right, you sword, then to the left, wherever your blade is turned.
New Living Translation   
O sword, slash to the right, then slash to the left, wherever you will, wherever you want.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
The World English Bible   
Gather yourselves together, go to the right, set yourselves in array, go to the left, wherever your face is set.
EasyEnglish Bible   
My sword, attack quickly on your right side! Now turn and attack on your left side! Attack in every direction that you turn!
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.
New Life Version   
O sharp sword, cut to the left and to the right. Cut wherever you have been sent.
The Voice Bible   
Now, My sword, thrust to the right— and slash to the left! Be ready to attack wherever the blade is turned.
Living Bible   
O sword, slash to the right and slash to the left, wherever you will, wherever you want.
New Catholic Bible   
Be prepared on the right, be ready on the left— wherever your sword is needed.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Show yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your edge is appointed.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Go one way or other, either on the right hand or on the left, wherever thy face is set.
Christian Standard Bible   
Slash to the right; turn to the left— wherever your blade is directed.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Turn [O sword] and cut right or cut left, whichever way your lust for blood and your edge direct you.
New Century Version   
Sword, cut on the right side; then cut on the left side. Cut anywhere your blade is turned.
The Message   
“So, prophesy, son of man! Clap your hands. Get their attention. Tell them that the sword’s coming down once, twice, three times. It’s a sword to kill, a sword for a massacre, A sword relentless, a sword inescapable— People collapsing right and left, going down like dominoes. I’ve stationed a murderous sword at every gate in the city, Flashing like lightning, brandished murderously. Cut to the right, thrust to the left, murderous, sharp-edged sword! Then I’ll clap my hands, a signal that my anger is spent. I, God, have spoken.” * * *
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Slash to the right. Thrust to the left— wherever your blade is directed.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Attack to the right! Engage to the left! —wherever your edge is directed.
Good News Translation®   
Cut to the right and the left, you sharp sword! Cut wherever you turn.
Wycliffe Bible   
Be thou made sharp, go thou to the right side, either to the left side, whither ever the desire of thy face is (wherever the desire of thy face is/wherever thou desireth).
Contemporary English Version   
It will slash right and left, wherever the blade is pointed.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Cut sharply to right and left where your edge is directed.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Attack to the right! Engage to the left! —wherever your edge is directed.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Attack to the right! Engage to the left!— wherever your edge is directed.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Stab again and again! Plunge right, plunge left, wherever your edge goes.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Turn O sword and cut right or cut left, whichever way your thirst for blood and your edge direct you.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
I have given it over to the burnisher that he might hold it in his hand, A sword sharpened and burnished to be put in the hands of an executioner.
New American Standard Bible   
Prove yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.
The Expanded Bible   
Sword, ·cut [slash; cut sharp] on the right side; then ·cut on [swing; L put to] the left side. Cut anywhere your ·blade [or face] is turned.
Tree of Life Version   
It is given to be polished, to be seized. The sword is sharpened, polished, to be put into the hand of the slayer.
Revised Standard Version   
Cut sharply to right and left where your edge is directed.
New International Reader's Version   
Sword, cut to the right. Then cut to the left. Strike down people everywhere your blade is turned.
BRG Bible   
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The sword was given to be polished, so that it could be wielded; it was sharpened and polished to be placed in the slaughterer’s hand.’
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Attack to the right! Engage to the left!— wherever your edge is directed.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Go thee one way or the other, either on right hand, or on left, wherever thy face is appointed.
Names of God Bible   
Sword, cut to the right. Cut to the left or wherever your blade is turned.
Modern English Version   
Show yourself sharp, go to the right hand. Set yourself. Go to the left hand, wherever your edge is set.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Sword, be sharp! Cut on the right side. Cut straight ahead. Cut on the left side. Go wherever your edge was chosen to go.
International Children’s Bible   
Sword, cut on the right side. Then cut on the left side. Cut anywhere your blade is turned.
Lexham English Bible   
Gather together, strike to the right; cause to go to the left, where your edge is directed.
New International Version - UK   
Slash to the right, you sword, then to the left, wherever your blade is turned.