Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And saying to their sons in the desert Ye shall not go in the laws of your fathers, and their judgments ye shall not watch, and with their blocks ye shall not be defiled.:
New American Standard Bible
“I said to their
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:
Holman Bible
“Then I said to their children in the wilderness: Don’t follow the statutes of your fathers, defile yourselves with their idols, or keep their ordinances.
International Standard Version
I told their children in the wilderness, "You are not to follow the statutes of your ancestors, observe their ordinances, or be defiled by their idols.
A Conservative Version
And I said to their sons in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers. Neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
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
“But 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.
Bible in Basic English
And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:
Darby Translation
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.
King James 2000
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk you not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And I said to their children in the desert, 'You must not go in the statutes of your parents; you must not keep their regulations, and you must not make yourself unclean with their idols.
Modern King James verseion
But I said to their sons in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, I said unto their sons in the wilderness, 'Walk not in the statutes of your forefathers; keep not their ordinances, and defile not yourselves with their idols,
NET Bible
"'But I said to their children in the wilderness, "Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
New Heart English Bible
"'"I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
The Emphasized Bible
But I said unto their children in the desert, In the statutes of your fathers, let it not be that ye walk, And their regulations, let it not be that ye observe, - And with their manufactured gods, let it not be that ye defile yourselves.
Webster
But I said to their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
World English Bible
I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Children » Should » Not imitate bad parents
Evil » Doers » Evil example to be shunned
Example » Evil example to be shunned
Home » Parental influence and example » Evil influence of parents
Jews, the » National character of » Fondness for traditionary customs
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Evil influence of parents
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 20:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Dealings With Israel For His Name's Sake
17 And mine eye will spare for them from destroying them, and I made not a completion with them in the desert 18 And saying to their sons in the desert Ye shall not go in the laws of your fathers, and their judgments ye shall not watch, and with their blocks ye shall not be defiled.: 19 I am Jehovah your God; go ye in my: laws, and watch ye my judgments and do them
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:3-6
Your eyes saw what Jehovah did upon Baal-Peor: for every man who went after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God destroyed him from the midst of you.
Ezekiel 20:7
And saying to them, Cast ye away each the abominations of his eyes, an ye shall not be defiled with the blocks of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
1 Peter 1:18
Knowing that not with corruptible things, silver and gold, were ye redeemed from your vain mode of life transmitted from your fathers
Numbers 14:32-33
And you, your carcasses shall fall in this desert
Numbers 32:13-15
And the anger of Jehovah will kindle against Israel, and he will cause them to wander in the desert forty years, till the finishing of all the generation having done evil in the eyes of Jehovah.
Psalm 78:6-8
So that a later generation shall know; sons shall be born, they shall rise up and recount to their sons.
Jeremiah 2:7
And I will bring you to the land of Carmel, to eat its fruit and its goodness; and ye will come and defile my land, and ye set mine inheritance for an abomination.
Jeremiah 3:9
And it was her fornication being light, and she will defile the land, and she will commit adultery with stones and with woods.
Zechariah 1:2-4
Jehovah was angry with our fathers with anger.
Luke 11:47-48
Woe to you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you.