Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 20:17
American Standard Version
Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
Amplified® Bible
Yet My eye pitied them instead of destroying them, and I did not make a full end of them in the wilderness.
Contemporary English Version
Yet, I felt sorry for them and could not let them die in the desert.
Darby English Version
But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
Good News Bible
"But then I took pity on them. I decided not to kill them there in the desert.
King James Version
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
New American Standard Bible
"Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their annihilation in the wilderness.
New International Version
Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or put an end to them in the desert.
New King James Version
Nevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their annihilation in the wilderness.
Revised Standard Version
Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.
Young's Literal Translation
And Mine eye hath pity on them -- against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.
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