Ezekiel 7:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.”
Ezekiel 7:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 7:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 7:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein. Therefore I have made it to them as an unclean thing.”
Ezekiel 7:20 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 7:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing. ”
Ezekiel 7:20 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 7:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“As to the beauty of his ornament, For excellency He set it, And the images of their abominations, Their detestable things--they made in it, Therefore I have given it to them for impurity,”
Ezekiel 7:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 7:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament; but they made therein the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things: therefore have I made it an impurity unto them.”
Ezekiel 7:20 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 7:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“He had also set the beautie of his ornament in maiestie: but they made images of their abominations, and of their idoles therein: therefore haue I set it farre from them.”
Ezekiel 7:20 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 7:20 in Context — Ezekiel 7
18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
What Does Ezekiel 7:20 Mean?
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