Parallel Verses
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;
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,
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;
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;
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 Howbeit I withdrew my hand, and wrought with effect for the sake of mine own Name, - that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them forth: 23 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; 24 Because my regulations, had they not done And my statutes, they had rejected, My sabbaths also, they had profaned,- And after the manufactured gods of their fathers, were their eyes turned.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33
When, even you, I scatter among the nations, And make bare after you, a sword, Then shall your land become an astonishment, And your cities become a desolation.
Ezekiel 20:15
Yet even l lifted up my hand to them. in the desert, - That I would not b1ing them into the land which I had given to them flowing with milk and honey, The beauty, it was. of all lands:
Deuteronomy 28:64-68
and Yahweh will scatter thee among all the peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth, - and thou wilt serve there other gods whom thou hast not known - thou nor thy fathers, - of wood and of stone.
Deuteronomy 32:26-27
I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory;
Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up unto the heavens my hand, - And say, Living am, I, unto times age-abiding:
Psalm 106:27
And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.
Jeremiah 15:4
And I will make them a terror, to all the kingdoms of the earth, - On account of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For what he did in Jerusalem.
Revelation 10:5-6
And, the messenger, whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the land, lifted up his right hand unto heaven,