Ezekiel 20:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;”

Ezekiel 20:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 20:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 20:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,”

Ezekiel 20:23 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 20:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; ”

Ezekiel 20:23 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 20:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.”

Ezekiel 20:23 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 20:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“I lifted up my hand also unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; ”

Ezekiel 20:23 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 20:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Yet I lift vp mine hande vnto them in the wildernes, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countreys,”

Ezekiel 20:23 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 20:23 in Context — Ezekiel 20

21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

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What Does Ezekiel 20:23 Mean?

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