Ezekiel 20:19

What does Ezekiel 20:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 20:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I am the Lord your God; be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, in My statutes walk, And My judgments observe, and do them,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I am the Lord your God: walk ye in my statutes, and observe my judgments, and do them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I [am] Jehovah yourGod: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;

Context

v.18And 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.

v.19This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 10:1

    At that time Jehovah said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

  • Jeremiah 3:22

    Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.

  • Deuteronomy 7:4

    For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

  • Ezekiel 37:24

    And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

  • Deuteronomy 11:1

    Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway.

  • Exodus 20:2

    I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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