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Ezekiel 20:17

Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

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וַתָּ֧חָסvatachasand pityחוּסconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and pity”, the next action in the storyH2347properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionatepity, regard, spare.עֵינִ֛יeynieye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…עֲלֵיהֶ֖םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מִֽשַּׁחֲתָ֑םmishachatamfrom batterשָׁחַתpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from batter”, the to-form of the verbH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).וְלֹֽאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…עָשִׂ֧יתִיasitidoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…אוֹתָ֛םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כָּלָ֖הkalahaltogetherכָּלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “altogether”, the ordinary formH3617a completion; adverb, completely; also destructionaltogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.בַּמִּדְבָּֽרbamidbarin desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Nevertheless Mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Mine eye hath pity on them — against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.

World English Bible

Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn’t destroy them. I didn’t make a full end of them in the wilderness.

Darby Translation

But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

Douay-Rheims

Yet my eye spared them, so that I destroyed them not: neither did I consume them in the desert.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Nevertheless Mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Yet mine eyes spared them, so as not to destroy them utterly, and I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐφείσατο ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, τοῦ ἐξαλεῖψαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησα αὐτοὺς εἰς συντέλειαν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.