Ezekiel 33:18
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New International Version (©2011)
If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it.

New Living Translation (©2007)
For again I say, when righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and turn to evil, they will die.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die on account of this.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When a righteous man forsakes his own righteousness and commits evil acts, he will die because of those acts,

NET Bible (©2006)
When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
If the righteous person turns from the right things that he has done and does evil, he will die because of it.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die for it.

American King James Version
When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

American Standard Version
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them.

Darby Bible Translation
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.

English Revised Version
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.

Webster's Bible Translation
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, for that he shall even die.

World English Bible
When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.

Young's Literal Translation
In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

33:10-20 Those who despaired of finding mercy with God, are answered with a solemn declaration of God's readiness to show mercy. The ruin of the city and state was determined, but that did not relate to the final state of persons. God says to the righteous, that he shall surely live. But many who have made profession, have been ruined by proud confidence in themselves. Man trusts to his own righteousness, and presuming on his own sufficiency, he is brought to commit iniquity. If those who have lived a wicked life repent and forsake their wicked ways, they shall be saved. Many such amazing and blessed changes have been wrought by the power of Divine grace. When there is a settled separation between a man and sin, there shall no longer be a separation between him and God.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness,.... This and what is said in the following verse are clear instances of the equality, justness, and goodness of the ways of God; and are again repeated, if possible, to make it clear and plain to them that their charge and complaint were groundless; See Gill on Ezekiel 18:24, Ezekiel 18:26.

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The Message of the Watchman
…17Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

Jeremiah 18:10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
Ezekiel 3:20 "Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.
Ezekiel 18:24 "But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.
Ezekiel 33:12 "Therefore, son of man, say to your people, 'If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person's former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person's former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.'
Ezekiel 33:13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.
Ezekiel 33:17 "Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' But it is their way that is not just.
Ezekiel 33:19 And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.