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NET Bible
I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could 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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore I gave them also commandments that were not good, and laws through the which they should 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 I did this because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols. 25 I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live. 26 I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices -- they caused all their first born to pass through the fire -- so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the Lord.'
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Cross References
Psalm 81:12
I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
Isaiah 66:4
So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me."
Ezekiel 20:39
"'As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, if you will not listen to me. But my holy name will not be profaned again by your sacrifices and your idols.
Deuteronomy 4:27-28
Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
Deuteronomy 28:36
The Lord will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there.
Ezekiel 14:9-11
"'As for the prophet, if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word -- I, the Lord, have made a fool of that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
Ezekiel 20:26
I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices -- they caused all their first born to pass through the fire -- so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the Lord.'
Romans 1:21-28
For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,