Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 7:17
17All hands will be feeble. All knees will turn to water.
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
15Outside is the sword, inside plague and famine. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword. Whoever is in the city will be devoured by famine and plague. 16Those survivors who escape will head for the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity. All hands will be feeble. All knees will turn to water. 18They will also gird on sackcloth. Horror will cover them. Shame will be upon all faces. Baldness will be upon all their heads. 19They will throw their silver in the streets. Their gold will be as garbage. Their silver and their gold cannot deliver them in the day of Adonai’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetite or fill their bellies, for their iniquity is a stumbling block.
Read all of Ezekiel 7Ezekiel 7:17 word by word
כָּל־הַיָּדַ֖יִם תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה וְכָל־בִּרְכַּ֖יִם תֵּלַ֥כְנָה מָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:17
- Ezekiel 21:7“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and proclaim to the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel.
- Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
- Jeremiah 6:24“We have heard of their fame. Our hands hang limp; anguish has gripped us, pain like a woman in labor.
- Hebrews 12:12Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble!
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
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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
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