Ezekiel 20:15
What does Ezekiel 20:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 20:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land, that I would not take them into the land which I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And also, I, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, Not to bring them in to the land that I had given, Flowing with milk and honey, A beauty it <FI>is<Fi> to all the lands,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, not to bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land that I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 106:26
Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
- Psalms 95:11
Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.
- Numbers 14:23
surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:
- Hebrews 3:18
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?
- Hebrews 3:11
As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
- Numbers 26:64
But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
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