Ezekiel 20 · Verse 11

Ezekiel 20:11

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Ezekiel 20:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 20:11 in other translations

BSBAnd I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
WEBI gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.
ASVAnd I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
YLTAnd I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth--liveth by them.
DARBYAnd I gave them my statutes, and made known unto them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.
BBEAnd I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
WebsterAnd I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man doeth, he shall even live in them.

What does Ezekiel 20:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. which if a man do, he shall ... five in them--not "by them," as though they could justify a man, seeing that man cannot render the faultless obedience required (Le 18:5; Ga 3:12). "By them" is the expression indeed in Ro 10:5; but there the design is to show that, if man could obey all God's laws, he would be justified "by them" (Ga 3:21); but he cannot; he therefore needs to have justification by "the Lord our righteousness" (Jr 23:6); then, having thus received life, he "lives," that is, maintains, enjoys, and exercises this life only in so far as he walks "in" the laws of God. So De 30:15, 16. The Israelites, as a nation, had life already freely given to them by God's covenant of promise; the laws of God were designed to be the means of the outward expression of their spiritual life. As the natural life has its healthy manifestation in the full exercise of its powers, so their spiritual being as a nation was to be developed in vigor, or else decay, according as they did, or did not, walk in God's laws.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 I gave them my statutes - I showed them what they should do in order to be safe, comfortable, wise, and happy; and what they should avoid in order to be uninjured in body, mind, and possessions. Had they attended to these things, they should have lived by them. They would have been holy, healthy, and happy.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 20:10-26

. The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient keeping of the sabbath day. Sabbaths are privileges; they are signs of our being his people. If we do the duty of the day, we shall find, to our comfort, it is the Lord that makes us holy, that is, truly happy, here; and…

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Ezekiel 20:11 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.

וָאֶתֵּ֤ןva.'e.Tenand I gaveH5414
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto them
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חֻקּוֹתַ֔יchu.ko.Taistatutes myH2708
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מִשְׁפָּטַ֖יmish.pa.Taijudgments myH4941
הוֹדַ֣עְתִּיho.Da'.tiI made known toH3045
אוֹתָ֑ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
יַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.Sehhe will doH6213
אוֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
הָאָדָ֖םha.'a.Damthe personH120
וָחַ֥יva.Chaiand he will liveH2421
בָּהֶֽם\׃ba.Hemby them

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Cross references for Ezekiel 20:11

  • Leviticus 18:5

    Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.

  • Romans 10:5

    For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

  • Galatians 3:12

    And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

  • Deuteronomy 4:8

    And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  • Luke 10:28

    And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

  • Ezekiel 20:13

    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

  • Psalms 147:19-20

    He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Nehemiah 9:13-14

    Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

  • Romans 3:2

    Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

  • Ezekiel 20:21

    Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

  • Deuteronomy 20:15-16

    Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I gave.
De 4:8; Ne 9:13,14; Ps 147:19,20; Ro 3:2
shewed them. Heb. made them to know. which.
13,21; Le 18:5; De 20:15,16; Lu 10:28; Ro 10:5; Ga 3:12

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Context

  • Ezekiel 20:10

    Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

  • Ezekiel 20:11

    And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

  • Ezekiel 20:12

    Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

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Ezekiel 20:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díles mis ordenanzas, y declaréles mis derechos, los cuales el hombre que los hiciere, vivirá en ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et je leur donnai mes statuts et leur fis connaître mes ordonnances, – par lesquels, s’il les pratique, un homme vivra.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich gab ihnen meine Satzungen und tat ihnen meine Rechte kund, durch welche der Mensch, wenn er sie tut, leben wird.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dedi eis præcepta mea, et judicia mea ostendi eis, quæ faciens homo vivet in eis.