Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the children of thy people: The justice of the just shall not deliver him, in what day soever he shall sin: and the wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt him, in what day soever he shall turn from his wickedness: and the just shall not be able to live in his justice, in what day soever he shall sin. say Ezekiel 33:2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say to them: When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man, one of their meanest, and make him a watchman over them: The righteousness Ezekiel 33:18 For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them. Ezekiel 3:20,21 Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand. . . . Ezekiel 18:24-26 But if the just man turn himself away from his justice, and do iniquity according to all the abominations which the wicked man useth to work, shall he live? all his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: in the prevarication, by which he hath prevaricated, and in his sin, which he hath committed, in them he shall die. . . . as for Ezekiel 33:19 And when the wicked shall depart from his wickedness, and shall do judgments, and justice, he shall live in them. Ezekiel 18:21,27-32 But if the wicked do penance for all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my commandments, and do judgment, and justice, living he shall live, and shall not die. . . . 1 Kings 8:48-50 And return to thee with all their heart, and all their soul, in the land of their enemies, to which they have been led captives: and pray to thee towards the way of their land, which thou gavest to their fathers, and of the city which thou hast chosen, and of the temple which I have built to thy name: . . . 2 Chronicles 7:14 And my people, upon whom my name is called, being converted, shall make supplication to me, and seek out my face, and do penance for their most wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and will heal their land. Matthew 21:28-31 But what think you? A certain man had two sons: and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work to day in my vineyard. . . . Romans 3:25 Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins, neither 1 John 2:1 My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just. Context The Message of the Watchman…11Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel? 12Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the children of thy people: The justice of the just shall not deliver him, in what day soever he shall sin: and the wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt him, in what day soever he shall turn from his wickedness: and the just shall not be able to live in his justice, in what day soever he shall sin.13Yea, if I shall say to the just that he shall surely live, and he, trusting in his justice, commit iniquity: all his justices shall be forgotten, and his iniquity, which he hath committed, in the same shall he die.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 7:14 And my people, upon whom my name is called, being converted, shall make supplication to me, and seek out my face, and do penance for their most wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and will heal their land. Ezekiel 3:18 If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand. Ezekiel 18:21 But if the wicked do penance for all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my commandments, and do judgment, and justice, living he shall live, and shall not die. Ezekiel 18:24 But if the just man turn himself away from his justice, and do iniquity according to all the abominations which the wicked man useth to work, shall he live? all his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: in the prevarication, by which he hath prevaricated, and in his sin, which he hath committed, in them he shall die. Ezekiel 33:2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say to them: When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man, one of their meanest, and make him a watchman over them: Ezekiel 33:18 For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them. Ezekiel 33:19 And when the wicked shall depart from his wickedness, and shall do judgments, and justice, he shall live in them. Ezekiel 33:20 And you say: The way of the Lord is not right, I will judge every one of you according to his ways, O house of Israel. Lexicon Therefore,וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you son בֶן־ (ḇen-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son of man, אָדָ֗ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being say אֱמֹ֤ר (’ĕ·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to your people: בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son ‘The righteousness צִדְקַ֣ת (ṣiḏ·qaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively of the righteous man הַצַּדִּ֗יק (haṣ·ṣad·dîq) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous will not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no deliver him תַצִּילֶ֙נּוּ֙ (ṯaṣ·ṣî·len·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver in the day בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day of his transgression; פִּשְׁע֔וֹ (piš·‘ōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6588: Transgression neither לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no will the wickedness וְרִשְׁעַ֤ת (wə·riš·‘aṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7564: Wickedness of the wicked man הָֽרָשָׁע֙ (hā·rā·šā‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person cause him to stumble יִכָּ֣שֶׁל (yik·kā·šel) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall on the day בְּי֖וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day he turns שׁוּב֣וֹ (šū·ḇōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again from his wickedness. מֵֽרִשְׁע֑וֹ (mê·riš·‘ōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7562: Wickedness Nor will לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no the righteous man וְצַדִּ֗יק (wə·ṣad·dîq) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous be able יוּכַ֛ל (yū·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power to survive לִֽחְי֥וֹת (liḥ·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive by his righteousness בָּ֖הּ (bāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 0: 0 on the day בְּי֥וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day he sins.’ חֲטֹאתֽוֹ׃ (ḥă·ṭō·ṯōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn Additional Translations Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’Therefore, you son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins. And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. Say to the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him, in the day wherein he errs: and the iniquity of the ungodly shall not harm him, in the day wherein he turns from his iniquity, but the righteous erring shall not be able to deliver himself. And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness: neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. Therefore, thou son of man, say to the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins. And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning. 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