Ezekiel 7:17 “Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.”

Ezekiel 7:17

Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

World English Bible

All hands will be feeble, and all knees will be weak as water.

American Standard Version

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Geneva Bible 1599

All handes shalbe weake, and all knees shall fall away as water.

Darby Translation

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall melt into water.

Young's Literal Translation

All the hands are feeble, and all knees go — waters.

Bible in Basic English

All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.

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Cross references

“hands”

Ezekiel 21:7 Hebrews 12:12 Jeremiah 6:24 Isaiah 13:7 Isaiah 13:8

Ezekiel 21:7 · BSB

And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is…

Hebrews 12:12 · BSB

Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

Jeremiah 6:24 · BSB

We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 13:7 · BSB

Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

Isaiah 13:8 · BSB

Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.

Also

Ezekiel 22:14

Ezekiel 22:14 · BSB

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

18They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

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