Ezekiel 20:29
Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
Ezekiel 20:29 in other translations
| BSB | So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.) |
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| WEB | Then I said to them, ‘What does the high place where you go mean?’ So its name is called Bamah to this day.”’ |
| ASV | Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. |
| YLT | And I say unto them: What is the high place whither ye are going in? And its name is called ‘high place' to this day. |
| DARBY | And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. |
| BBE | Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day. |
| Webster | Then I said to them, What is the high place to which ye go? and its name is called Bamah to this day. |
What does Ezekiel 20:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 20:27-29
27-29. The next period, namely, that which followed the settlement in Canaan: the fathers of the generation existing in Ezekiel's time walked in the same steps of apostasy as the generation in the wilderness. Yet in this--Not content with past rebellions, and not moved with gratitude for God's goodness, "yet in this," still further they rebelled. blasphemed--"have insulted me" [Calvin]. Even those who did not…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 20:27-32
The Jews persisted in rebellion after they settled in the land of Canaan. And these elders seem to have thought of uniting with the heathen. We make nothing by our profession if it be but a profession. There is nothing got by sinful compliances; and the carnal projects of hypocrites will stand them in no stead.
Ezekiel 20:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 20:29
- Ezekiel 16:24-25
That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
- Ezekiel 16:31
In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
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Context
- Ezekiel 20:28
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
- Ezekiel 20:29
Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
- Ezekiel 20:30
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
Ezekiel 20:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y yo les dije: ¿Qué es ese alto adonde vosotros vais? Y fué llamado su nombre Bamah hasta el día de hoy. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je leur dis: Qu’est-ce que ce haut lieu où vous allez? et son nom a été appelé Bama, jusqu’à ce jour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich sprach zu ihnen: Was ist das für eine Höhe, wohin ihr gehet? Und ihr Name wird Bama genannt bis auf diesen Tag. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixi ad eos: Quid est excelsum, ad quod vos ingredimini? et vocatum est nomen ejus Excelsum usque ad hanc diem. |