Ezekiel 17:14
World English Bible (WEB)
that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
In context
12 “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
13 He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
14 that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
16 “‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
Ezekiel 17:14 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
- KJV King James Version
- That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
- ASV American Standard Version
- that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant — that it may stand.
- DBY Darby Translation
- that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.
- WBS Webster Bible
- That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.