Ezekiel 20:37

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.”

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BSBPD

“I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have caused you to pass under the rod, And brought you into the bond of the covenant,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 20:37 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  2. Leviticus 27:32Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
  3. Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
  4. Jeremiah 33:13In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
  5. Ezekiel 16:59For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
  6. Ezekiel 34:17This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.
  7. Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
  8. Matthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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