Ezekiel 20:16

King James Version (KJV)

Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

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14 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

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Ezekiel 20:16 in every translation

KJV King James Version: Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
WEB World English Bible: because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
ASV American Standard Version: because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going.
DBY Darby Translation: because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
WBS Webster Bible: Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.