Ezekiel 20:20
What does Ezekiel 20:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 20:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, <FI>am<Fi> your God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And sanctify my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you: and that you may know that I am the Lord your God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] Jehovah yourGod.
Context
v.19I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
v.20This passage
v.21But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 17:24
And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
- Ezekiel 20:12
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.
- Exodus 20:11
for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
- Jeremiah 17:22
neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
- Exodus 31:13
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
- Ezekiel 44:24
And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
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