Ezekiel 20:29 Parallel Translations

Then I asked them, "What is this worship site you're going to?' " (So it is still called 'worship site' today.)(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day.

ASV:

Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

BBE:

Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day.

DBY:

And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

ERV:

Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

JPS:

Then I said unto them: What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

WBS:

Then I said to them, What is the high place to which ye go? and its name is called Bamah to this day.

WEB:

Then I said to them, What does the high place where you go mean? So its name is called Bamah to this day.

YLT:

And I say unto them: What is the high place whither ye are going in? And its name is called 'high place' to this day.

Ezekiel 20:29 Cross References

XREF:

Ezekiel 20:28 "When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings.

Ezekiel 20:30 "Therefore, say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and play the harlot after their detestable things? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

20:29 Then I said to them, What [is] the high place to which ye go? And its name is called {o} Bamah to this day.
(o) Which signifies a high place, declaring that they vaunted themselves of their idolatry and were not ashamed of it, though God had commanded them expressly that they should have no altar lifted on high by stairs, Ex 20:26.

WES:

20:29 What - What mean you that you go to the high place? What do you find so inviting there, that you will leave God's altar, where he requires your attendance, to frequent such places as he has forbidden you to worship in? Bamah - That is, the high place.

MHC:

20:27-32 The Jews persisted in rebellion after they settled in the land of Canaan. And these elders seem to have thought of uniting with the heathen. We make nothing by our profession if it be but a profession. There is nothing got by sinful compliances; and the carnal projects of hypocrites will stand them in no stead.

CONC:

Bamah Mean Meaneth Named Purpose Thereof Whereof Whereunto Whither

High Meaneth Means Purpose Thereof Whereof Whereunto Whither

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