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;
What Does Ezekiel 20:23 Mean?
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