Ezekiel 20:17
What does Ezekiel 20:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 20:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But still my eye had pity on them and I kept them from destruction and did not put an end to them completely in the waste land.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Mine eye hath pity on them--against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Yet my eye spared them, so that I destroyed them not: neither did I consume them in the desert.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
Context
v.16because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
v.17This passage
v.18And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 9:10
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
- Nahum 1:8
But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
- Jeremiah 5:18
But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
- Psalms 78:37
For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
- Ezekiel 7:2
And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel, An end: the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
- Nehemiah 9:19
yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.
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