Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries;
New American Standard Bible
Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would
King James Version
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
Holman Bible
However, I swore
International Standard Version
"Futhermore, I solemnly swore in the wilderness to disperse them among the nations and scatter them to other lands
A Conservative Version
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries,
American Standard Version
Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
Amplified
Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the [Gentile] nations and disperse them among the countries,
Darby Translation
I lifted up my hand also unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
Julia Smith Translation
Also I lifted up my hand to them in the desert, to scatter them in the nations, to disperse them is the lands
King James 2000
I lifted up my hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
Lexham Expanded Bible
What is more, {I swore} to them in the desert to scatter them among the nations and to disperse them in the lands,
Modern King James verseion
I also lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and scatter them through the lands,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I lift up mine hand over them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Heathen, and straw them among the nations:
NET Bible
I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
New Heart English Bible
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
The Emphasized Bible
Even, I, lifted up my hand to them in the desert, - That I would disperse them throughout the nations, And scatter them throughout the lands;
Webster
I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
World English Bible
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
Youngs Literal Translation
I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 20:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Dealings With Israel For His Name's Sake
22 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out. 23 Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries; 24 Because they had not done my orders, but had been turned away from my rules, and had not given respect to my Sabbaths, and their eyes were turned to the images of their fathers.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33
And I will send you out in all directions among the nations, and my sword will be uncovered against you, and your land will be without any living thing, and your towns will be made waste.
Ezekiel 20:15
And 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;
Deuteronomy 28:64-68
And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.
Deuteronomy 32:26-27
I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:
Deuteronomy 32:40
For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,
Psalm 106:27
That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.
Jeremiah 15:4
And I will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and what he did in Jerusalem.
Revelation 10:5-6
And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,