Ezekiel 20:19

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I am the Lord your God, walke in my statutes, kepe my iudgementes, & do the.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖י לֵ֑כוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י שִׁמְר֖וּ וַעֲשׂ֥וּ אוֹתָֽם

Transliteration

ʾănî YHWH your ʾĕlōhêkem, in my ḥuqqôtay lēkû and my mišpāṭay šimrû and ʿăśû them

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
• *bə-ḥuqqôtay*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my statutes
• *lēkû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - walk!
• *wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *mišpāṭay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my judgments
• *šimrû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - keep/observe!
• *wa-ʿăśû*: conjunction + Qal imperative masculine plural - and do!
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them

Word Meanings

• *YHWH*: Yahweh, the LORD (divine name)
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: your God, your deity
• *ḥuqqôtay*: my statutes, my decrees, my prescribed laws
• *lēkû*: walk, follow, live according to
• *mišpāṭay*: my judgments, ordinances, legal decisions
• *šimrû*: keep, observe, guard
• *ʿăśû*: do, perform, fulfill

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:2-3 : 2 I am the Lord thy GOD, whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, out of ye house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt haue none other Gods in my sight.
• Deut 4:1 : 1 Nowe therfore harken O Israel, vnto the ordinaunces and lawes which I teache you, for to do them, that so ye may lyue, and go in, & possesse the lande which the Lorde God of your fathers geueth you.
• Deut 5:1 : 1 And Moyses called all Israel, and sayde vnto them: Heare O Israel the ordinauces and lawes which I speake in your eares this day, that ye may learne them, and fulfill them in deede.
• Deut 5:6-7 : 6 I am the Lorde thy God, which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt haue none other Gods in my presence.
• Deut 5:32-6:8 : 32 Take heede therfore that ye do in deede as the Lord your God hath commaunded you, and turne not aside, either to the right hande, or to the left: 33 But walke in all the wayes which the Lorde your God hath comaunded you, that ye may lyue, and that it may go well with you, and that ye may prolong your dayes in the lande which ye shall possesse. 1 These are the comaundemetes, ordinaunces, and lawes, which the Lorde your God commaunded me to teache you, that ye might do them in the lande whither ye go to possesse it: 2 Namely, that thou mightest feare the Lord thy God, & kepe all his ordinaunces and his commaundementes which I commaunde thee, thou & thy sonne, & thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy lyfe: that thy dayes may be prolonged. 3 Heare therfore O Israel, and take heede that thou do it, that it may go well with thee, & that ye may encrease mightily, euen as the Lorde God of thy fathers hath promised thee, a lande that floweth with mylke and honie. 4 Heare O Israel, the Lorde our God is Lorde only. 5 And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy myght. 6 And these wordes which I commaunde thee this day, shalbe in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, & when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp. 8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shalbe as frontlettes betweene thine eyes,
• Deut 7:4-6 : 4 For they wyll deceaue thy sonne, that he shoulde not folowe me, and they shal serue straunge gods: and then wyll the wrath of the Lorde waxe hot agaynst thee, and destroy thee sodenly. 5 But thus ye shall deale with them: Ye shall ouerthrowe their aulters, & breake downe their pillers, cut downe their groues, and burne their grauen images with fire: 6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God, the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee, to be a speciall people vnto hym selfe, aboue all nations that are vpon the earth.
• Deut 8:1 : 1 All the commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day, shal ye kepe for to do the, that ye may liue, and multiplie, and go in and possesse the lande which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers.
• Deut 10:1-9 : 1 In the same season the Lorde sayde vnto me: hewe thee two tables of stone lyke vnto the first, and come vp vnto me into the mount, and make thee an arke of wood. 2 And I wyll wryte in the tables, the wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the arke. 3 And I made an arke of Sittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone lyke vnto the first, and went vp into the mountayne, hauyng the two tables in myne hande. 4 And he wrote in the tables according to the first wrytyng, the ten commaundementes whiche the Lord spake vnto you in the mount out of the myddes of the fire, in the day when you were gathered together: and the Lorde gaue them vnto me. 5 And I departed, and came downe from the hyll, and put the tables in the arke whiche I had made, and there they be, as the Lorde commaunded me. 6 And the chyldren of Israel toke their iourney from Beroth of the chyldren of Iakan to Mosera, where Aaron dyed and was buryed, and Eleazer his sonne became priest in his steade. 7 From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah: and from Gudgodah to Iethebath, a lande whiche hath riuers of waters. 8 The same season the Lorde seperated the tribe of Leui, to beare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and to stande before the Lorde, and to minister vnto hym, and to blesse in his name vnto this day. 9 Wherefore the Leuites haue no part nor inheritaunce with their brethren: but the Lorde is their inheritaunce, as the Lorde thy God hath promised them. 10 And I taryed in the mount, euen as at the first time, fourtie dayes and fourtie nyghtes: and the Lorde hearde me at that tyme also, and the Lorde would not destroy thee. 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Arise, and go foorth in the iourneys before the people, that they may go in and possesse the lande whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto them. 12 And now Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lorde thy God, and to walke in all his wayes, to loue hym, and to serue the Lord thy God with all thyne heart, and with all thy soule?
• Deut 11:1 : 1 Therefore thou shalt loue ye Lord thy God, & kepe his obseruannces, his ordinaunces, his lawes, & his commaudementes alway.
• Deut 12:1 : 1 These are the ordinaunces and lawes whiche ye shall obserue and do in the lande, whiche the Lorde God of thy fathers geueth thee to possesse it as long as ye liue vpon the earth.
• Neh 9:13-14 : 13 Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and speakest vnto them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgementes, true lawes, good commaundementes and statutes: 14 And declaredst vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and commaundedst them preceptes, ordinaunces, and lawes, by the hande of Moyses thy seruaunt:
• Ps 19:7-9 : 7 The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple. 8 The statutes of God are right, and reioyce the heart: the commaundement of God is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes. 9 The feare of God is sincere, & endureth for euer: the iudgementes of God are trueth, they be iust in all poyntes. 10 They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe. 11 Moreouer, by them thy seruaunt is well aduertised: and in kepyng of them there is a great rewarde.
• Ps 81:9-9 : 9 If thou wylt hearken vnto me, there shall be no straunge God in thee: neither shalt thou geue worship to any other Lorde beside me. 10 I am God thy Lorde which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wyde, and I wyll fill it.
• Ps 105:45 : 45 To the intent that they shoulde kepe his statutes: and obserue his lawes. Prayse ye the Lorde.
• Jer 3:22-23 : 22 O ye disobedient children, turne againe, & so shall I heale your backturnynges. Lo we come vnto thee, for thou art the Lorde our God. 23 Truely, in vayne is health hoped for from the hylles, be they neuer so many: but the health of Israel standeth only vpon God our Lorde.
• Ezek 11:20 : 20 That they may walke in my commaundementes, and kepe mine ordinaunces and do them, that they may be my people, and I their God.
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 I wyll geue my spirite among you, and cause you to walke in my comaundementes, and ye shall kepe my iudgementes and do them.
• Ezek 37:24 : 24 Dauid my seruaunt shalbe their king, and they all shall haue one sheepheard only: they shall walke in my iudgementes, and my commaundementes shall they kepe, and fulfill them.
• Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For there hath appeared the grace of God which is healthful to all men, 12 Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde: 13 Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe, 14 Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes.