I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.
Parallel translations
- KJV And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- BSB And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- NKJV And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’
- NASB I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, which, if a person follows them, then he will live by them.
- NLT There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Lev 18:5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh.
- Rom 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
- Deut 4:8What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you today?
- Luke 10:28He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”
- Gal 3:12The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”
- Ezek 20:13“‘“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
- Neh 9:13–14“You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- Ps 147:19–20He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- Deut 20:15–16Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
- Ezek 20:21“‘“But the children rebelled against me. They didn’t walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them. They profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
- Rom 3:2Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.
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