Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God. New Living Translation so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God. English Standard Version that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Berean Standard Bible so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. King James Bible That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. New King James Version that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. New American Standard Bible so that they may walk in My statutes, and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. NASB 1995 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. NASB 1977 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. Legacy Standard Bible that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. Amplified Bible that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. Christian Standard Bible so that they will follow my statutes, keep my ordinances, and practice them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. Holman Christian Standard Bible so they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. American Standard Version that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Contemporary English Version and all my laws and teachings. You will be my people, and I will be your God. English Revised Version that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then they will live by my laws and obey my rules. They will be my people, and I will be their God. Good News Translation Then they will keep my laws and faithfully obey all my commands. They will be my people, and I will be their God. International Standard Version When they live by my statutes and keep my ordinances by observing them, then they'll be my people and I will be their God. Majority Standard Bible so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. NET Bible so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. New Heart English Bible that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Webster's Bible Translation That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. World English Bible that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSo that they walk in My statutes, "" And keep My judgments, and have done them, "" And they have been to Me for a people, "" And I am to them for God. Young's Literal Translation So that in My statutes they walk, And My judgments they keep, and have done them, And they have been to me for a people, And I am to them for God. Smith's Literal Translation That they shall walk in my laws, and they shall watch my judgments and do them, and they were to me for a people and I shall be to them for God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThat they may walk in my commandments, and keep my judgments, and do them: and that they may be my people, and I may be their God. Catholic Public Domain Version So may they may walk in my precepts, and observe my judgments, and accomplish them. And so may they be my people, and I will be their God. New American Bible so that they walk according to my statutes, taking care to keep my ordinances. Thus they will be my people, and I will be their God. New Revised Standard Version so that they may follow my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them. Then they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThat they may walk in my commandments and keep my ordinances and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they shall walk in my commandments, and they shall keep my judgments and they shall do them, and they shall be to me a people, and I shall be God to them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917that they may walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. Brenton Septuagint Translation that they may walk in my commandments, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Promise of Restoration…19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, 20so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. 21But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”… Cross References Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.” Jeremiah 32:39-40 I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. / I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me. Deuteronomy 30:6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. Romans 8:4 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. Psalm 119:1-3 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. / Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. / They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. Romans 7:6 But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit. Treasury of Scripture That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. they may Ezekiel 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. Psalm 105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. Psalm 119:4,5,32 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently… and they Ezekiel 14:11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. Ezekiel 37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jump to Previous Careful Decrees Follow Guided Judgments Laws Obey Orders Ordinances Rules Statutes WalkJump to Next Careful Decrees Follow Guided Judgments Laws Obey Orders Ordinances Rules Statutes WalkEzekiel 11 1. The presumption of the princes4. Their sin and judgment 13. Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant 22. The glory of God leaves the city 24. Ezekiel is returned to the captivity so that they may follow My statutes This phrase emphasizes the purpose of God's transformative work in the hearts of His people. The Hebrew word for "statutes" is "חֻקּוֹתַי" (chuqqotai), which refers to decrees or laws that are established by God. These are not mere suggestions but divine ordinances meant to guide the moral and spiritual conduct of His people. Historically, the statutes were given to Israel as part of the covenant relationship, a binding agreement that required obedience and faithfulness. In the context of Ezekiel, God is promising a renewal of this covenant, where His people will be empowered to live according to His divine will. This reflects the New Covenant promise found in Jeremiah 31:33, where God writes His law on the hearts of His people, indicating an internal transformation that leads to genuine obedience. and keep My ordinances and practice them Then they will be My people and I will be their God Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew so thatלְמַ֙עַן֙ (lə·ma·‘an) Preposition Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent they may follow יֵלֵ֔כוּ (yê·lê·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk My statutes, בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣י (bə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute keep יִשְׁמְר֖וּ (yiš·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to My ordinances, מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י (miš·pā·ṭay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style and practice them. וְעָשׂ֣וּ (wə·‘ā·śū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make Then they will be וְהָיוּ־ (wə·hā·yū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be My people, לְעָ֔ם (lə·‘ām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and I וַאֲנִ֕י (wa·’ă·nî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I will be אֶהְיֶ֥ה (’eh·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be their God. לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (lê·lō·hîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Ezekiel 11:20 NIVEzekiel 11:20 NLT Ezekiel 11:20 ESV Ezekiel 11:20 NASB Ezekiel 11:20 KJV Ezekiel 11:20 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 11:20 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 11:20 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 11:20 French Bible Ezekiel 11:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 11:20 That they may walk in my statutes (Ezek. 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