14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.


In Context

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon;

13 and he took of the seed royal, 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 base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

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 GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

Ezekiel 17:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, [but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:14so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:14That it may be a low kingdom and not lift itself up, but keep his covenant, and observe it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:14that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:14That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant — that it may stand.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.