Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
New American Standard Bible
I also gave them statutes that were
King James Version
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
Holman Bible
I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances
International Standard Version
So I gave them statutes that weren't good and ordinances by which they could not live.
A Conservative Version
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they will not live.
American Standard Version
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;
Amplified
[Therefore] I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live;
Bible in Basic English
And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;
Julia Smith Translation
And also I gave to them laws not good, and judgments they shall not live in them.
King James 2000
Therefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they should not live;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And in turn I gave to them rules [that were] not good and regulations {by which they will not live}.
Modern King James verseion
Also I gave them statutes not good, and judgments by which they should not live.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore I gave them also commandments that were not good, and laws through the which they should not live,
NET Bible
I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.
New Heart English Bible
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
The Emphasized Bible
I myself, indeed, suffered them to walk in statutes which were not good, - And regulations in which they could not live.
Webster
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they should not live;
World English Bible
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
Youngs Literal Translation
And I also, I have given to them statutes not good, And judgments by which they do not live.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 20:25
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Context Readings
God's Dealings With Israel For His Name's Sake
24 because they performed not mine ordinances, and rejected my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 25 And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live; 26 and I defiled them by their own gifts, in that they devoted all that opened the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.
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Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
Isaiah 66:4
I also will choose their calamities, and will bring their fears upon them; because I called, and none answered, I spoke, and they did not hear, but did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not.
Ezekiel 20:39
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols henceforth also, if none of you will hearken unto me; but profane my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols.
Deuteronomy 4:27-28
And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left a small company among the nations to which Jehovah will lead you.
Deuteronomy 28:36
Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Ezekiel 14:9-11
And if the prophet be enticed and shall speak a word, I Jehovah have enticed that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
Ezekiel 20:26
and I defiled them by their own gifts, in that they devoted all that opened the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.
Romans 1:21-28
Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,