Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Every hand will be limp. Every knee will glisten with sweat."

New American Standard Bible

All hands will hang limp and all knees will become like water.

King James Version

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Holman Bible

All their hands will become weak,
and all their knees will turn to water.

A Conservative Version

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

American Standard Version

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Amplified

All hands will hang limp and all knees will be as weak as water.

Bible in Basic English

All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.

Darby Translation

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall melt into water.

Julia Smith Translation

All hands shall be relaxed, and all knees shall go into water.

King James 2000

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Lexham Expanded Bible

All of the hands will hang limp, and all of {the knees will be wet with urine}.

Modern King James verseion

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall go weak as water.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

All hands shall be let down, and all knees shall be weak as the water;

NET Bible

All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine.

New Heart English Bible

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

The Emphasized Bible

All hands shall be unnerved; and All knees shall be weak as water,

Webster

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

World English Bible

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Youngs Literal Translation

All the hands are feeble, and all knees go -- waters.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

רפה 
Raphah 
Usage: 46

and all knees
בּרך 
Berek 
Usage: 25

shall be weak
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

Verse Info

Context Readings

Punishment For Abominations Throughout The Land

16 Fugitives will escape to the mountains like doves fleeing through the valleys, all of them moaning because of their own iniquity. 17 Every hand will be limp. Every knee will glisten with sweat." 18 "They'll clothe themselves with sackcloth, terror will overcome them, shame will cover their faces, and baldness will spread over their entire heads.

Cross References

Ezekiel 21:7

When they'll ask you, "Why are you groaning?' you are to say, "Because of the news that just arrived. Every heart will melt with fear, every hand will grow limp, every spirit will grow faint, and every knee will glisten with sweat.' Look! It has come and it will be fulfilled," declares the Lord GOD.

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the news about it, and our hands are limp. Distress has seized us like a woman in labor.

Hebrews 12:12

Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,

Isaiah 13:7-8

Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt.

Ezekiel 22:14

Can your heart stand up to this? Can your hands remain strong when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken and will fulfill this.

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