Ezekiel 22:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 22:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 22:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 22:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.”
Ezekiel 22:12 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 22:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. ”
Ezekiel 22:12 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 22:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!”
Ezekiel 22:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 22:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. ”
Ezekiel 22:12 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 22:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 22:12 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 22:12 in Context — Ezekiel 22
10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.
What Does Ezekiel 22:12 Mean?
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