Ezekiel 20:16 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

English ASV

because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

English Amplified

Because they despised and rejected My ordinances and walked not in My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, for their hearts went after their idols.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Because they despised and rejected My ordinances and walked not in My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, for their hearts went after their idols.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

because they rejected my ordinances, profaned my Sabbaths, and did not follow my statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

English EASY 2024

I refused to take them there because they had not obeyed my laws and my commands. They did not obey my rules for Sabbath days. Instead, they liked to worship their idols.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"'The people of Israel refused to obey my rules or to follow my laws. They treated my days of rest as if they were not important. They did all these things because their hearts belonged to their filthy idols.

because they rejected my rules and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I made the vow because they had rejected my commands, broken my laws, and profaned the Sabbath—they preferred to worship their idols.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They rejected my rules, and they didn't live by my laws. They dishonored the days to worship me, because their hearts chased disgusting idols.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

because they rejected My ordinances, profaned My Sabbaths, and did not follow My statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

because they rejected My judgments, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually walked after their idols.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths, for their hearts went after their idols.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

So much were their hearts devoted to their idols, they had not lived by my statutes, but despised my ordinances and desecrated my sabbaths.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But they turned their backs on my laws. They did not follow my rules. They misused my Sabbaths. Their hearts were committed to worshiping the statues of their gods.

English NIV

because they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts were devoted to their idols.

English NKJ 1982

because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

English NLT

I told them this because they had rejected my laws, ignored my will for them, and violated my Sabbath days. Their hearts were given to their idols.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

because they rejected my ordinances and did not observe my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For they had scorned my commands, refused to keep my laws, dishonored my Sabbaths, and their hearts were attached to idols.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

because they rejected my ordinances and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

because they laughed at my laws, ignored my wishes, and violated my Sabbaths—their hearts were with their idols!

English Tyndale 1537

and that because they refused my laws, and walked not in my comandments, but had unhallowed my Sabbaths, for their heart was gone after their Idols.