Ezekiel Chapter 20 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Ezekiel 20:17

Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
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BBE Ezekiel 20:17

But still my eye had pity on them and I kept them from destruction and did not put an end to them completely in the waste land.
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DARBY Ezekiel 20:17

But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
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KJV Ezekiel 20:17

Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
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WBT Ezekiel 20:17


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WEB Ezekiel 20:17

Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
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YLT Ezekiel 20:17

And Mine eye hath pity on them -- against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewYet I looked on them with pityוַתָּ֧חָס (wat·tā·ḥās)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 2347: To pity, look upon with compassionand did not destroy themמִֽשַּׁחֲתָ֑ם (miš·ša·ḥă·ṯām)Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruinorוְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nobringעָשִׂ֧יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 6213: To do, makethemאוֹתָ֛ם (’ō·w·ṯām)Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative caseto an endכָּלָ֖ה (kā·lāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 3617: Completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilationin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (bam·miḏ·bār)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speechJump to PreviousAnnihilation Cause Completely Desert Destroy Destroyed Destroying Destruction End Eye Full Kept Nevertheless Pity Rather Spared Waste Wilderness