Ezekiel 20:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 20:11

9 ^aBut I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself ^bknown to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.

10 “Therefore I ^amade them go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.

11 ^aAnd I gave them My statutes and¹ showed them My judgments, ^b‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’

12 Moreover I also gave them My ^aSabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

13 Yet the house of Israel ^arebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they ^bdespised My judgments, ^c‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly ^ddefiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the ^ewilderness, to consume them.

14 ^aBut I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.

15 So ^aI also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ^b‘flowing with milk and honey,’ ^cthe glory of all lands,

16 ^abecause they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for ^btheir heart went after their idols.

17 ^aNevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

18 “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.

19 I am the Lord your God: ^aWalk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them;

20 ^ahallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’

21 “Notwithstanding, ^athe children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, ^b‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness.

22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.

23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that ^aI would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 20:11

<< Ezekiel 20:10

Ezekiel 20:12 >>

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

Amplified® Bible
And I gave them My statutes and showed {and} made known to them My judgments, which, if a man keeps, he must live in {and} by them.

Contemporary English Version
I gave them my laws and teachings, so they would know how to live right.

Darby English Version
And I gave them my statutes, and made known unto them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.

Good News Bible
I gave them my commands and taught them my laws, which bring life to anyone who obeys them.

King James Version
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

New American Standard Bible
"I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live.

New International Version
I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them.

New King James Version
And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.'

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live.

Revised Standard Version
I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live.

Young's Literal Translation
And I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them.

New English Translation
I gave them my statutes¹ and revealed my regulations to them. The one² who carries³ them out will live by them!⁴

<< Ezekiel 20:10

Ezekiel 20:12 >>