Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 20:18
<< Ezekiel 20:17 Ezekiel 20:19 >> American Standard Version
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.Amplified® Bible
But I said to their sons in the wilderness, You shall not walk in the statutes of your fathers nor observe their ordinances nor defile yourselves with their idols.Contemporary English Version
So I warned the children not to act like their parents or follow their evil ways or worship their idols.Darby English Version
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.Good News Bible
Instead, I warned the young people among them: Do not keep the laws your ancestors made; do not follow their customs or defile yourselves with their idols.King James Version
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:New American Standard Bible
"I said to their children in the wilderness, `Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.New International Version
I said to their children in the desert, "Do not follow the statutes of your fathers or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols.New King James Version
"But I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I said to their children in the wilderness, ' Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.Revised Standard Version
"And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.Young's Literal Translation
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.
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