Ezekiel 20:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Yet My eyeעֵינִ֛י
(ei·ni)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation
sparedוַתָּ֧חָס
(vat·ta·chas)
2347: to pity, look upon with compassionfrom the same as chum
them rather than 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
destroyingמִֽשַּׁחֲתָ֑ם
(mi·sha·cha·tam;)
7843: perhaps to go to ruina prim. root
them, and I did not causeעָשִׂ֧יתִי
(a·si·ti)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
their annihilationכָּלָ֖ה
(ka·lah)
3617: completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilationfrom kalah
in the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
(bam·mid·bar.)
4057b: wildernessfrom dabar


















KJV Lexicon
Nevertheless mine eye
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
spared
chuwc  (khoos)
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate -- pity, regard, spare.
them from destroying
shachath  (shaw-khath')
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r).
them neither did I make
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
an end
kalah  (kaw-law')
a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction -- altogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.
of them in the wilderness
midbar  (mid-bawr')
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their annihilation in the wilderness.

King James Bible
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But I spared them from destruction and did not bring them to an end in the wilderness."

International Standard Version
Even then, I looked on them with compassion and didn't completely destroy them in the wilderness.

NET Bible
Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But I had compassion on them. I didn't destroy them or completely wipe them out in the desert.

King James 2000 Bible
Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
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