Ezekiel 20:23

Israel’s Rebellion in the Wilderness

22But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.24For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.

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Berean Standard Bible
However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
American Standard Version (1901)
Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
Bible in Basic English
Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries;
Douay-Rheims 1899
Again I lifted up my hand upon them in the wilderness, to disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries:
Free Bible Version
However, I held up my hand and vowed to them in the desert that I was going to scatter them among the various countries of different nations.
King James (Authorized) Version
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;
Translation for Translators
I lifted up my hand and solemnly declared to them in the desert that I would cause them to be scattered among many nations [DOU],
Unlocked Literal Bible
I myself also lifted up my hand to swear to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
Noah Webster Bible
I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
World English Bible
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,
Young's Literal Translation
I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.