Ezekiel 7:17
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New International Version (©2011)
Every hand will go limp; every leg will be wet with urine.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Their hands will hang limp, their knees will be weak as water.

English Standard Version (©2001)
All hands are feeble, and all knees turn to water.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
All hands will hang limp and all knees will become like water.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
All their hands will become weak, and all their knees will turn to water.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Every hand will be limp. Every knee will glisten with sweat."

NET Bible (©2006)
All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Every hand will hang limp, and every knee will be as weak as water.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

American King James Version
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
All hands shall be made feeble, and all knees shall run with water.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

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

Young's Literal Translation
All the hands are feeble, and all knees go -- waters.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:16-22 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 stead. Those are unworthy to be honoured with the form of godliness, who will not be governed by its power.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 17. - All knees shall be weak as water; literally, shall flow with water. So the Vulgate. The LXX. is yet stronger, shall be defiled, etc. The words may point to the cold sweat of terror which paralyzes men's power to act. The phrase is peculiar to Ezekiel, and meets us again in Ezekiel 21:7. The thought finds a parallel in Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 6:24.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All hands shall be feeble,.... No strength in them, to lay hold on weapons of war to defend themselves, or fight the enemy; no heart nor courage in them, to go forth and meet him; and even afraid to lift up their voice in mourning, lest they should be heard, and pursued, and taken:

and all knees shall be weak as water; tremble and beat one against another, for fear of the enemy; or,

"shall flow with water,''

as the Targum; either with sweat or urine, which are sometimes both caused by fear.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

17. shall be weak as water—literally, "shall go (as) waters"; incapable of resistance (Jos 7:5; Ps 22:14; Isa 13:7).

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The Desolation of Israel
…16But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. 17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. 18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads. …

Hebrews 12:12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
Isaiah 13:7 Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.
Ezekiel 21:7 And when they ask you, 'Why are you groaning?' you shall say, 'Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand go limp; every spirit will become faint and every leg will be wet with urine.' It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD."
Ezekiel 22:14 Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.
Daniel 5:6 His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.