Eze 18:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. taken off his hand from the poor —that is, abstained from oppressing the poor, when he had the opportunity of doing so with impunity.The different sense of the phrase in , in reference to relieving the poor, seems to have suggested the reading followed by FAIRBAIRN , but not sanctioned by the Hebrew, "hath not turned his hand from," &c. But uses the phrase in a somewhat similar sense to English Version here, abstained from hurting.

Ezekiel 18:17

17. taken off his hand from the poor—that is, abstained from oppressing the poor, when he had the opportunity of doing so with impunity.The different sense of the phrase in Eze 16:49, in reference to relieving the poor, seems to have suggested the reading followed by FAIRBAIRN, but not sanctioned by the Hebrew, "hath not turned his hand from," &c. But Eze 20:22 uses the phrase in a somewhat similar sense to English Version here, abstained from hurting.