Ezekiel 22:30 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.”
Ezekiel 22:30 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 22:30 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 22:30 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.”
Ezekiel 22:30 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 22:30 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none. ”
Ezekiel 22:30 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 22:30 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land--not to destroy it, And I have not found.”
Ezekiel 22:30 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 22:30 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none. ”
Ezekiel 22:30 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 22:30 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I sought for a man among them, that should make vp the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.”
Ezekiel 22:30 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 22:30 in Context — Ezekiel 22
28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.
29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.
What Does Ezekiel 22:30 Mean?
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