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Ezekiel 7:17

Judgment

15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

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

18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.
KJV
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
WEB
All hands will be feeble, and all knees will be weak as water.
ASV
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
DARBY
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall melt into water.
BLB
Every hand will go limp, and every knee will go as waters.
ÅB
Alle hender skal synke, og alle knær skal bli som vann.
OTB
Alle hender vil henge slapt, og hvert kne vil være vått av urin.
B1930
Alle hender skal synke, og alle knær skal bli som vann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 21:7

    And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • Hebrews 12:12

    Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

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  • Ezekiel 22:14

    Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.

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  • Isaiah 13:7–8

    Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

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  • Jeremiah 6:24

    We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

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