Ezekiel 20:4 "Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their ancestors

◄ Ezekiel 20:4 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
"Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their ancestors

English Standard Version
Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Let them know the abominations of their fathers,

New American Standard Bible
"Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Make them know the abominations of their fathers;

King James Bible
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their fathers to them.

International Standard Version
"Will you judge them? Son of Man, will you indeed judge them? Teach them about the detestable things that their ancestors did.

American Standard Version
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou judgest them, if thou judgest, son of man, declare to them the abominations of their fathers.

Darby Bible Translation
Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,

Young's Literal Translation
Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge, son of man? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:1-9. Those hearts are wretchedly hardened which ask God leave to go on in sin, and that even when suffering for it; see ver.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

4. Wilt thou judge? … judge—The emphatical repetition expresses, "Wilt thou not judge? yes, judge them. There is a loud call for immediate judgment." The Hebrew interrogative here is a command, not a prohibition [Maurer]. Instead of spending time in teaching them, tell them of the abomination of their fathers, of which their own are the complement and counterpart, and which call for judgment.