Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 39:2

"and I will turn thee about, and will lead thee on, and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel;" — Ezekiel 39:2 (ASV)

Leave but the sixth part of thee. This word occurs only here, and the translation is based on the supposition that it is derived from the word meaning six; but even on this supposition the renderings in the margin are as likely to be right as that of the text. This derivation, however, is probably wrong; all the ancient versions give a sense corresponding to Ezekiel 38:4 and Ezekiel 38:16, and also to the clauses immediately before and after, I will lead thee along. The greater part of the modern commentators concur in this view.