Ezekiel 20:29
What does Ezekiel 20:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 20:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I say unto them: What <FI>is<Fi> the high place whither ye are going in? And its name is called `high place' to this day.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I said to them: What meaneth the high place to which you go? and the name thereof was called High-place even to this day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
Context
v.28For when I had brought them into the land, which I sware to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink-offerings.
v.29This passage
v.30Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and play ye the harlot after their abominations?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 16:31
in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.
- Ezekiel 16:24
that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.
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