Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Will thou judge them, son of man. Will thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,
New American Standard Bible
Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man?
King James Version
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
Holman Bible
“Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their fathers to them.
International Standard Version
"Will you judge them? Son of Man, will you indeed judge them? Teach them about the detestable things that their ancestors did.
American Standard Version
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
Amplified
Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then make them know [accurately] and understand fully the repulsive acts of their fathers;
Bible in Basic English
Will you be their judge, O son of man, will you be their judge? make clear to them the disgusting ways of their fathers,
Darby Translation
Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,
Julia Smith Translation
Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
King James 2000
Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Will you judge them? Will you judge [them], son of man? Make known to them the detestable things of their ancestors.
Modern King James verseion
Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will give you no answer.' Wilt thou not reprove them, thou son of man? Wilt thou not reprove them? Show them the abominations of their forefathers, and tell them: 'Thus sayeth the LORD God:
NET Bible
"Are you willing to pronounce judgment? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,
New Heart English Bible
Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
The Emphasized Bible
Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, O son of man? The abominations of their fathers, let them know:
Webster
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
World English Bible
Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge, son of man? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 20:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Dealings With Israel For His Name's Sake
3 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says lord LORD: Is it to inquire of me that ye have come? As I live, says lord LORD, I will not be inquired of by you. 4 Will thou judge them, son of man. Will thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers, 5 and say to them, Thus says lord LORD: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am LORD your God,
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 22:2
And thou, son of man, will thou judge, will thou judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.
Ezekiel 23:36
LORD said moreover to me, Son of man, will thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
Isaiah 5:3
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
Jeremiah 7:16
Therefore pray thou not for this people, nor lift up cry nor prayer for them. Neither make intercession to me, for I will not hear thee.
Jeremiah 11:14
Therefore do not pray thou for this people, nor lift up cry nor prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
Jeremiah 14:11-14
And LORD said to me, Pray not for this people for good.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Ezekiel 14:14
though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says lord LORD.
Ezekiel 14:20
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says lord LORD, they would deliver neither son nor daughter, they would but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
Ezekiel 16:2-3
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Ezekiel 23:45
And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
Matthew 23:29-37
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,
Luke 11:47-51
Woe to you! Because ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
Luke 13:33-35
Nevertheless it is necessary for me to go today and tomorrow and the following, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
Acts 7:51-52
Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also.
1 Corinthians 6:2
Or know ye not that the sanctified will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of very small legal disputes?