Ezekiel 7:17

Ezekiel 7:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
• New International Version (NIV)Every hand will go limp; every leg will be wet with urine.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All hands are feeble, and all knees turn to water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will be as weak as water.

Context of Ezekiel 7:17

15The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. 16And they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one for his iniquity. All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall melt into water. 18And they shall gird on sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an impurity: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their belly; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity.

Ezekiel 7:17 word by word

כָּל־הַיָּדַ֖יִם תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה וְכָל־בִּרְכַּ֖יִם תֵּלַ֥כְנָה מָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:17

• Ezekiel 21:7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Isaiah 13:7Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,
• Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.
• Hebrews 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17All knees shall be weak as water - Calmet understands this curiously: La frayeur dont on sera saisi, fera qu'on ne pourra retenir son urine. D'autres l'expliquent d'une autre souillure plus honteuse. I believe him to be nearly about right. St. Jerome is exactly the same: Pavoris magnitudine, urina polluet genua, nec valebit profluentes aquas vesica prohibere. This and other malretentions are often the natural effect of extreme fear or terror.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin, may justly be left to pine away in it. There are many whose wealth is their snare and ruin; and the gaining the world is the losing of their souls. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. The wealth of this world has not that in it which will answer the desires of the soul, or be any satisfaction to it in a day of distress. God's temple shall stand them in no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-27Comprehensive judgment is shown in two matching sections: Ezekiel 7:12–18 and 7:19–27. Each section begins by showing that material gain (money and property) is useless in light of the coming judgment. Then the text describes the arrival of war and its terrible results. Finally, each section ends with a picture of fear, helplessness, and deep mourning among the people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. shall be weak as water--literally, "shall go (as) waters"; incapable of resistance (Jos 7:5; Psa 22:14; Is 13:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 7:17

• Conviction
• Remorse

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Devour
• Judge
• Living creatures
• Pour
• Feeble Knees
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings