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Ezekiel 20:23

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;

KJV

Iterum levavi manum meam in eos in solitudine, ut dispergerem illos in nationes, et ventilarem in terras,

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξῆρα τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ διασκορπίσαι αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, διασπεῖραι αὐτοὺς ἐν ταῖς χώραις,

LXX

Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

ASV

גַּם אֲנִ֗י נָשָׂ֧אתִי אֶת יָדִ֛/י לָ/הֶ֖ם בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֑ר לְ/הָפִ֤יץ אֹתָ/ם֙ בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם וּ/לְ/זָר֥וֹת אוֹתָ֖/ם בָּ/אֲרָצֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
ם
m
verb · 39×
ם
m
verb · 68×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 28:64 — And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and
  • Ezek 20:5 — And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I li
  • Ezek 20:6 — In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
  • Ezek 44:12 — Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear t
  • Lev 26:33 — And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
  • Lev 26:33 — And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
  • Ps 106:27 — To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.