Ezekiel 11 · Verse 20

Ezekiel 11:20

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.
Ezekiel 11:20, King James Version

Ezekiel 11:20 in other translations

BSBso that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
WEBthat they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
ASVthat 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.
YLTSo 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.
DARBYthat 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.
BBESo that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
WebsterThat 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.

What does Ezekiel 11:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. walk in my statutes--Regeneration shows itself by its fruits (Ga 5:22, 25). they ... my people, ... I ... their God--(Eze 14:11; 36:28; 37:27; Jr 24:7). In its fullest sense still future (Zec 13:9).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 That they may walk in my statutes - The holiness of their lives shall prove the work of God upon their hearts. Then it shall appear that I am their God, because I have done such things in them and for them; and their holy conduct shall show that they are my people. See on Eze 36:25 (note), etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 11:14-21

The pious captives in Babylon were insulted by the Jews who continued in Jerusalem; but God made gracious promises to them. It is promised, that God will give them one heart; a heart firmly fixed for God, and not wavering. All who are made holy have a new spirit, a new temper and dispositions; they act from new principles, walk by new rules, and aim at new ends. A new name, or a new face, will not serve without a…

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Ezekiel 11:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anso thatH4616
בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣יbe.chu.ko.Taiin statutes myH2708
יֵלֵ֔כוּye.Le.khuthey may walkH1980
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מִשְׁפָּטַ֥יmish.pa.Taijudgments myH4941
יִשְׁמְר֖וּyish.me.Ruthey may keepH8104
וְעָשׂ֣וּve.'a.Suand they will doH6213
אֹתָ֑ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
וְהָיוּ\־ve.ha.yu-and they will becomeH1961
לִ֣יlifor me
לְעָ֔םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971
וַאֲנִ֕יva.'a.Niand IH589
אֶהְיֶ֥ה'eh.YehI will becomeH1961
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemfor them
לֵאלֹהִֽים\׃le.lo.Him<into> GodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 11:20

  • 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.

  • Psalms 105:45

    That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Titus 2:11-12

    For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

  • Jeremiah 30:22

    And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Luke 1:6

    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Psalms 119:4-5

    Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

  • 1 Corinthians 11:2

    Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

  • Luke 1:74-75

    That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

  • Romans 16:26

    But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

  • Ezekiel 36:27-28

    And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 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.

  • Hebrews 11:16

    But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they may.
12; Ps 105:45; 119:4,5,32; Lu 1:6,74,75; Ro 16:26; 1Co 11:2
Tit 2:11,12
and they.
14:11; 36:28; 37:27; Jer 11:4; 24:7; 30:22; 31:33; 32:38; Ho 2:23
Zec 13:9; Heb 8:10; 11:16

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Context

  • Ezekiel 11:19

    And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

  • Ezekiel 11:20

    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.

  • Ezekiel 11:21

    But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 11:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Para que anden en mis ordenanzas, y guarden mis juicios y los cumplan, y me sean por pueblo, y yo sea á ellos por Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
afin qu’ils marchent dans mes statuts, et qu’ils gardent mes ordonnances et les pratiquent; et ils seront mon peuple, et moi je serai leur Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
auf daß sie in meinen Satzungen wandeln und meine Rechte bewahren und sie tun; und sie werden mein Volk, und ich werde ihr Gott sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut in præceptis meis ambulent, et judicia mea custodiant, faciantque ea, et sint mihi in populum, et ego sim eis in Deum.