The Meaning of Ezekiel 20:19 Explained

Ezekiel 20:19

KJV: I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

YLT: I am Jehovah your God, in My statutes walk, And My judgments observe, and do them,

Darby: I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;

ASV: I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I [am] the LORD  your God;  walk  in my statutes,  and keep  my judgments,  and do  them; 

What does Ezekiel 20:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 20

1  God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel
4  He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt
19  in the desert
27  and in the land
33  He promises to gather them by the Gospel
45  Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 20:19 mean?

I [am] Yahweh your God in My statutes Walk and My judgments keep and do them
אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖י לֵ֑כוּ וְאֶת־ מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י שִׁמְר֖וּ וַעֲשׂ֥וּ אוֹתָֽם

אֲנִי֙  I  [am] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
יְהוָ֣ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖י  in  My  statutes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
לֵ֑כוּ  Walk 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י  My  judgments 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
שִׁמְר֖וּ  keep 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
וַעֲשׂ֥וּ  and  do 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.