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Ezekiel 20:26

26 and I defiled them through wtheir very gifts win their offering up all their firstborn, that I might devastate them. I did it xthat they might know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 20:26 — The New International Version (NIV)

26 I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.’

Ezekiel 20:26 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:26 — New Living Translation (NLT)

26 I let them pollute themselves with the very gifts I had given them, and I allowed them to give their firstborn children as offerings to their gods—so I might devastate them and remind them that I alone am the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:26 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the Lord.” ’

Ezekiel 20:26 — New Century Version (NCV)

26 I let the Israelites make themselves unclean by the gifts they brought to their gods when they sacrificed their first children in the fire. I wanted to terrify them so they would know that I am the Lord.’

Ezekiel 20:26 — American Standard Version (ASV)

26 and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

Ezekiel 20:26 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

26 and I defiled them by their own gifts, in that they devoted all that opened the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

Ezekiel 20:26 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

26 I let them dishonor themselves when they sacrificed all their firstborn sons as gifts ⸤to their false gods⸥. I terrified them so that they would know that I am the Lord.’ 

Ezekiel 20:26 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

26 When they made every firstborn pass through the fire, I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so they would know that I am Yahweh.

Ezekiel 20:26 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

26 I defiled them through their very gifts, in their offering up all their firstborn, in order that I might horrify them, so that they might know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:26 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26 And I defiled them through their gifts in sacrificing all of the first offspring of the womb, in order that I will cause them to be stunned, so that they will know that I am Yahweh.

Ezekiel 20:26 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

26 I let them become polluted by offering sacrifices to other gods. They even sacrificed the first male child who was born in each family. I wanted to fill them with horror. Then they would know that I am the Lord.” ’

Ezekiel 20:26 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might know that I am the Lord.” ’


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