I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he served, because they worked for me,’ says the Lord Yahweh.
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I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he served, because they worked for me,’ says the Lord Yahweh.
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I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
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I have given him the land of Egypt as his hire for which he served, because they wrought for Me, saith the Lord GOD.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 29:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 10:6-7 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. However he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
- Jeremiah 25:9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,” says Yahweh, “and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around. I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Isaiah 45:1-3 Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: “I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces and cut apart the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
- 2 Kings 10:30 Yahweh said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to Ahab’s house according to all that was in my heart, your descendants shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, in it.
Or, in it.
Or, evil against me.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 29:20 I have given him the land of…
Eze 29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt [for] his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
Ver. 20. I have given him the land of Egypt.] As the great Turk gave his soldiers the rich spoil of Constantinople; {a} and as Tamerlane never forgot the good service of his servants, nor left the same long unrewarded, often saying that day to be lost wherein he had not given them something. {b}
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Because they wrought for me.] By mine instinct, though beside their own intent.
{a} Turkish History, 345.
{b} Ibid., 227.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain I have given him; it is as sure as…
I have given him; it is as sure as in his possession; thought he must fight for it, and it will cost blood, yet he shall surely have success.
Against it; Tyre.
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They wrought for me; the proud, revengeful, covetous, and cruel Babylonians designed themselves, and did work for themselves, but God had further, higher, and more excellent ends, his work was doing by them who thought nothing less.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I have given him the land of Egypt for…
I have given him the land of Egypt for labour wherewith he served against it, That is, against Tyre; meaning not Nebuchadnezzar merely or only, but his army also, who did the main of the service and labour, and had the plunder of the country for it; though the kingdom itself was given to their king, and annexed to his monarchy:
because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God; not intentionally, but eventually; they did not design to do any service for God; they only sought to serve themselves with the riches and wealth of those they subdued; and yet while they besieged Tyre, and when they took it, and while they were ravaging, plundering, and subduing Egypt, they were doing the Lord's will and work, and executing his righteous judgments on these enemies of his for their sins; wherefore he rewarded them sufficiently: none ever are employed by him but he gives them their wages; even though they are wicked and ungodly men, verily they have their reward.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They - The Babylonians. For me - God's work…
They - The Babylonians. For me - God's work was doing by them, tho' they thought nothing less.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. I have given him the land of…
Verse 20. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour] Because he fulfilled the designs of God against Tyre, God promises to reward him with the spoil of Egypt.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain because they wrought for me--the Chaldeans, fulfilling My will…
because they wrought for me--the Chaldeans, fulfilling My will as to Tyre (compare Jer 25:9).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. for his labour] Rather: as his recompense for…
20. for his labour] Rather: as his recompense for which he served.
because they wrought] Or, for that which they wrought for me. The subject is still Neb. and his army; it was Jehovah’s work in which they served against Tyre.
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