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Israel’s Rebellion in the Wilderness

Ezekiel 20:23

In 11 translations

BSB
However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
KJV
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;
WEB
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,
ASV
Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
LSV
I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, || To scatter them among nations, || And to spread them through lands.
YLT
I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.
DBY
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;
DRC
Again I lifted up my hand upon them in the wilderness, to disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries:
GNV
Yet I lift vp mine hande vnto them in the wildernes, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countreys,
JPS
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;
LXXE
I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles, and disperse them in the countries;

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Original-language editions

WLC
גַּם־אֲנִ֗י נָשָׂ֧אתִי אֶת־יָדִ֛י לָהֶ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר לְהָפִ֤יץ אֹתָם֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וּלְזָר֥וֹת אוֹתָ֖ם בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
Ἐξῇρα τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ διασκορπίσαι αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, διασπεῖραι αὐτοὺς ἐν ταῖς χώραις,

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  • Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
  • Deuteronomy 28:64–68Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. Among those…
  • Ezekiel 20:15Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—
  • Psalms 106:27to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
  • Deuteronomy 32:26–27I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was…
  • Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
  • Jeremiah 15:4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
  • Revelation 10:5–6Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven. And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it,…

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