Ezekiel 20:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.”

Ezekiel 20:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 20:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 20:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn’t destroy them. I didn’t make a full end of them in the wilderness.”

Ezekiel 20:17 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 20:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness. ”

Ezekiel 20:17 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 20:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Mine eye hath pity on them--against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.”

Ezekiel 20:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 20:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness. ”

Ezekiel 20:17 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 20:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Neuerthelesse, mine eye spared them, that I would not destroye them, neither would I consume them in the wildernes.”

Ezekiel 20:17 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 20:17 in Context — Ezekiel 20

15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

19 I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

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What Does Ezekiel 20:17 Mean?

Ezekiel 20:17 is a verse from the Book of Ezekiel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezekiel chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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