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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 20:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 20:11 |
Strong Concordance |
And I gave [05414] them my statutes [02708], and shewed [03045] them my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them. |
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King James |
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| which if a man do, he shall . . . five in them--not "by them," as though they could justify a man, seeing that man cannot render the faultless obedience required (Lev 18:5; Gal 3:12). "By them" is the expression indeed in Rom 10:5; but there the design is to show that, if man could obey all God's laws, he would be justified "by them" (Gal 3:21); but he cannot; he therefore needs to have justification by "the Lord our righteousness" (Jer 23:6); then, having thus received life, he "lives," that is, maintains, enjoys, and exercises this life only in so far as he walks "in" the laws of God. So Deu 30:15-16. The Israelites, as a nation, had life already freely given to them by God's covenant of promise; the laws of God were designed to be the means of the outward expression of their spiritual life. As the natural life has its healthy manifestation in the full exercise of its powers, so their spiritual being as a nation was to be developed in vigor, or else decay, according as they did, or did not, walk in God's laws. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I gave them my statutes - I showed them what they should do in order to be safe, comfortable, wise, and happy; and what they should avoid in order to be uninjured in body, mind, and possessions. Had they attended to these things, they should have lived by them. They would have been holy, healthy, and happy. |
15 See [07200], I have set [05414] before [06440] thee this day [03117] life [02416] and good [02896], and death [04194] and evil [07451];
16 In that I command [06680] thee this day [03117] to love [0157] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to walk [03212] in his ways [01870], and to keep [08104] his commandments [04687] and his statutes [02708] and his judgments [04941], that thou mayest live [02421] and multiply [07235]: and the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall bless [01288] thee in the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935] to possess [03423] it.
6 In his days [03117] Judah [03063] shall be saved [03467], and Israel [03478] shall dwell [07931] safely [0983]: and this is his name [08034] whereby he shall be called [07121], THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS [03072].
21 Is the law [3551] then [3767] against [2596] the promises [1860] of God [2316]? God forbid [3361] [1096]: for [1063] if [1487] there had been [1325] a law [3551] given [1325] which [3588] could [1410] have given life [2227], verily [3689] righteousness [1343] should [302] have been [2258] by [1537] the law [3551].
5 For [1063] Moses [3475] describeth [1125] the righteousness [1343] which [3588] is of [1537] the law [3551], That [3754] the man [444] which doeth [4160] those things [846] shall live [2198] by [1722] them [846].
12 And [1161] the law [3551] is [2076] not [3756] of [1537] faith [4102]: but [235], The man [444] that doeth [4160] them [846] shall live [2198] in [1722] them [846].
5 Ye shall therefore keep [08104] my statutes [02708], and my judgments [04941]: which [0834] if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall live [02425] in them: I am the LORD [03068].