18He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things: he shall not escape.


In Context

15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

16 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily in the place of the king that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.

17 Neither shall Pharaoh with a mighty army and a great assemblage do anything for him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.

18 He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things: he shall not escape.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, verily, mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his head.

20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness in which he hath been unfaithful against me.

Ezekiel 17:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these [things,] he shall not escape.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:18He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:18For he had despised the oath, breaking his covenant, and behold he hath given his hand: and having done all these things, he shall not escape.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:18For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:18For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:18For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:18And he despised the oath — to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, see, he had given his hand, and has done all these things, he shall not escape.