Ezekiel 7:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. All knees shall be weak as water - Calmet understands this curiously: La frayeur dont on sera saisi, fera qu'on ne pourra retenir son urine. D'autres l'expliquent d'une autre souillure plus honteuse. I believe him to be nearly about right. St. Jerome is exactly the same: Pavoris magnitudine, urina polluet genua, nec valebit profluentes aquas vesica prohibere. This and other malretentions are often the natural effect of extreme fear or terror.

Ezekiel 7:17

17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weakc as water.