Ezekiel 20:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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:”

Ezekiel 20:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 20:18 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 20:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.”

Ezekiel 20:18 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 20:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols. ”

Ezekiel 20:18 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 20:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And I say to their sons in the wilderness: In the statutes of your fathers ye walk not, And their judgments ye do not observe, And with their idols ye are not defiled.”

Ezekiel 20:18 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 20:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk not in the statutes of your fathers, neither keep their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols. ”

Ezekiel 20:18 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 20:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But I said vnto their children in the wildernes, Walke ye not in the ordinances of your fathers, neither obserue their maners, nor defile your selues with their idoles.”

Ezekiel 20:18 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 20:18 in Context — Ezekiel 20

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:

19 I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

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What Does Ezekiel 20:18 Mean?

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