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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore I gave them also commandments that were not good, and laws through the which 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;
Darby Translation
And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
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.
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 had not kept my laws, but cast aside my commandments, unhallowed my Sabbaths, and lift up their eyes to their fathers' Idols. 25 Wherefore I gave them also commandments that were not good, and laws through the which they should not live, 26 and I unhallowed them in their own gifts when I appointed for myself all their firstborn, to make them desolate: that they might know, how that I am the LORD.'
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Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and let them follow their own imaginations.
Isaiah 66:4
Therefore will I also have pleasure in laughing them to scorn, and the thing that they fear, will I bring upon them. For when I called, no man gave answer; when I spake, they would not hear: But did wickedness before mine eyes, and chose the things that displease me.
Ezekiel 20:39
Go now then, sayeth the LORD God: ye house of Israel, cast away, and destroy every man his Idols. Then shall ye hear me, and no more blaspheme my holy name with your offerings and Idols.
Deuteronomy 4:27-28
And the LORD shall scatter you among nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the people whither the LORD shall bring you:
Deuteronomy 28:36
The LORD shall bring both thee and thy king which thou hast set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and there thou shalt serve strange gods: even wood and stone.
Ezekiel 14:9-11
And if that Prophet be deceived, when he telleth him a word: then I the LORD myself have deceived that Prophet, and will stretch forth mine hand upon him, to root him out of my people of Israel:
Ezekiel 20:26
and I unhallowed them in their own gifts when I appointed for myself all their firstborn, to make them desolate: that they might know, how that I am the LORD.'
Romans 1:21-28
inasmuch as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful: but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations. And their foolish hearts were blinded.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs, and wonders: