Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live; New Living Translation I gave them over to worthless decrees and regulations that would not lead to life. English Standard Version Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life, Berean Standard Bible I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live. King James Bible Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; New King James Version “Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; New American Standard Bible I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances by which they could not live; NASB 1995 “I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; NASB 1977 “And I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; Legacy Standard Bible And I also gave them statutes that were not good and judgments by which they could not live; Amplified Bible [Therefore] I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; Christian Standard Bible I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances they could not live by. Holman Christian Standard Bible I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances they could not live by. American Standard Version Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live; Contemporary English Version I gave them laws that bring punishment instead of life, English Revised Version Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments wherein they should not live; GOD'S WORD® Translation I also allowed them to follow laws that were no good and rules by which they could not live. Good News Translation "Then I gave them laws that are not good and commands that do not bring life. International Standard Version So I gave them statutes that weren't good and ordinances by which they could not live. Majority Standard Bible I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could 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; Webster's Bible Translation 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 couldn’t live. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I also, I have given statutes to them [that are] not good, "" And judgments by which they do not live. Young's Literal Translation And I also, I have given to them statutes not good, And judgments by which they do not live. Smith's Literal Translation And also I gave to them laws not good, and judgments they shall not live in them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore I also gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments, in which they shall not live. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I also gave them precepts that were not good, and judgments by which they shall not live. New American Bible Therefore I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances through which they could not have life. New Revised Standard Version Moreover I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWherefore I gave them statutes that were not good and judgments whereby they could not live; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I gave them commandments that are not beautiful and judgments by which they shall not live OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live; Brenton Septuagint Translation So I gave them commandments that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel's Rebellion in the Wilderness…24For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers. 25I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live. 26And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.… Cross References Romans 1:24-28 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ... Acts 7:42-43 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? / You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’ Psalm 81:12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. Isaiah 66:4 So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.” Hosea 8:11-13 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning. / Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange. / Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. Jeremiah 7:24-26 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. Deuteronomy 28:15-68 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ... 2 Kings 17:19-20 and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. 2 Chronicles 36:14-16 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. Leviticus 26:14-39 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. ... Judges 2:11-15 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. ... 1 Samuel 8:7-9 And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. / Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. / Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.” 1 Kings 14:15-16 For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger. / So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.” Nehemiah 9:26-30 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion. ... Treasury of Scripture Why I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Ezekiel 20:26,39 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD… Ezekiel 14:9-11 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel… Deuteronomy 4:27,28 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you… Jump to Previous Further Good Judgments Live Moreover Orders Ordinances Rules Statutes Whereby Wherefore WhereinJump to Next Further Good Judgments Live Moreover Orders Ordinances Rules Statutes Whereby Wherefore WhereinEzekiel 20 1. God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel4. He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt 19. in the desert 27. and in the land 33. He promises to gather them by the Gospel 45. Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem I also gave them over This phrase indicates a divine action where God allows the Israelites to follow their own desires, which leads to negative consequences. The Hebrew root here is "נתן" (natan), meaning "to give" or "to allow." In a historical context, this reflects God's response to persistent disobedience. It is a sobering reminder of the consequences of rejecting God's guidance, emphasizing the importance of free will and the responsibility that comes with it. to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Iאֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I also וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and gave נָתַ֣תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set them over לָהֶ֔ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew to statutes חֻקִּ֖ים (ḥuq·qîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute that were not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no good טוֹבִ֑ים (ṭō·w·ḇîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and ordinances וּמִ֨שְׁפָּטִ֔ים (ū·miš·pā·ṭîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style by which בָּהֶֽם׃ (bā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew they could not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no live. יִֽחְי֖וּ (yiḥ·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2421: To live, to revive Links Ezekiel 20:25 NIVEzekiel 20:25 NLT Ezekiel 20:25 ESV Ezekiel 20:25 NASB Ezekiel 20:25 KJV Ezekiel 20:25 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 20:25 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 20:25 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 20:25 French Bible Ezekiel 20:25 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 20:25 Moreover also I gave them statutes that (Ezek. 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