Ezekiel 22:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁰ And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ And I sought a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

Common English Bible

³⁰ I looked for anyone to repair the wall and stand in the gap for me on behalf of the land, so I wouldn’t have to destroy it. But I couldn’t find anyone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ And I sought among them for a man who might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I might not destroy it; and I found no one.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ And I sought among them for a man that might set up a hedge and stand in the gap before me in favour of the land, that I might not destroy it: and I found none.

Ezekiel 22:30 Cross References

2 Kings 14:26

For the Lord saw that the distress of Israel was very bitter; there was no one left, bond or free, and no one to help Israel.

Job 35:8

Your wickedness affects others like you, and your righteousness, other human beings.

Psalm 106:23

Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

Psalm 94:16

Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?

Isaiah 59:16

He saw that there was no one and was appalled that there was no one to intervene, so his own arm brought him victory, and his righteousness upheld him.

Isaiah 63:5

I looked, but there was no helper; I was abandoned, and there was no one to sustain me, so my own arm brought me victory, and my wrath sustained me.

Isaiah 64:7

There is no one who calls on your name or attempts to take hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 8:6

I have given heed and listened, but they do not speak honestly; no one repents of wickedness, saying, “What have I done!” All of them turn to their own course like a horse plunging headlong into battle.

Ezekiel 13:5

You have not gone up into the breaches or repaired a wall for the house of Israel, so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.