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Ezekiel 20:25 Interlinear

“ Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good and judgments whereby they should not live ”

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Ezekiel 20 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְגַם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2	אֲנִי֙	H589		i
3	נָתַ֣תִּי	H5414	Wherefore I gave	to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
4	לָהֶ֔ם	H0
5	חֻקִּ֖ים	H2706	them also statutes	an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
6	לֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7	טוֹבִ֑ים	H2896	that were not good	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
8	וּמִ֨שְׁפָּטִ֔ים	H4941	and judgments	properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
9	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
10	יִֽחְי֖וּ	H2421	whereby they should not live	to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
11	בָּהֶֽם׃	H0

Ezekiel 20:25 (current) Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good and judgments whereby they should not live