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Ezekiel 20:21

Ezekiel chapter 20 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But 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.

Context

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.

v.21This passage

v.22Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 25:1

    And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:

  • Ezekiel 20:11

    And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:25

    Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.

  • Deuteronomy 9:23

    And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

  • Ezekiel 20:8

    But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 13:18

    And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.