The Meaning of Ezekiel 20:25 Explained

Ezekiel 20:25

KJV: Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

YLT: And I also, I have given to them statutes not good, And judgments by which they do not live.

Darby: And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;

ASV: Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Wherefore I gave  them also statutes  [that were] not good,  and judgments  whereby they should not live; 

What does Ezekiel 20:25 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 20:25 mean?

And therefore also I gave up them to statutes not [that] [were] good and judgments they could live by which
וְגַם־ אֲנִי֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לָהֶ֔ם חֻקִּ֖ים לֹ֣א טוֹבִ֑ים וּמִ֨שְׁפָּטִ֔ים יִֽחְי֖וּ בָּהֶֽם

וְגַם־  And  therefore  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
נָתַ֣תִּי  gave  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
חֻקִּ֖ים  to  statutes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֹק  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due.
טוֹבִ֑ים  [that]  [were]  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
וּמִ֨שְׁפָּטִ֔ים  and  judgments 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
יִֽחְי֖וּ  they  could  live 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָיָה  
Sense: to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health.
בָּהֶֽם  by  which 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural