Ezekiel 20:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.”
Ezekiel 20:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 20:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 20:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.”
Ezekiel 20:16 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 20:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. ”
Ezekiel 20:16 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 20:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going.”
Ezekiel 20:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 20:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. ”
Ezekiel 20:16 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 20:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Because they cast away my iudgments, and walked not in my statutes, but haue polluted my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idoles.”
Ezekiel 20:16 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 20:16 in Context — Ezekiel 20
14 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
What Does Ezekiel 20:16 Mean?
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