4"Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their fathers


In Context

1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month on the tenth day, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD , and they sat down in front of me.

2 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Have you come to inquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign LORD .'

4 "Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their fathers

5 and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore with uplifted hand to the descendants of the house of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, "I am the LORD your God."

6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Ezekiel 20:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge [them?] cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:4If thou judgest them, if thou judgest, son of man, declare to them the abominations of their fathers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge, son of man? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: