Ezekiel 18:9
New International Version
He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

New Living Translation
and faithfully obeys my decrees and regulations. Anyone who does these things is just and will surely live, says the Sovereign LORD.

English Standard Version
walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD.

Berean Standard Bible
He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

King James Bible
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

New King James Version
If he has walked in My statutes And kept My judgments faithfully— He is just; He shall surely live!” Says the Lord GOD.

New American Standard Bible
if he walks in My statutes and keeps My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—he is righteous and will certainly live,” declares the Lord GOD.

NASB 1995
if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully— he is righteous and will surely live,” declares the Lord GOD.

NASB 1977
if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—he is righteous and will surely live,” declares the Lord GOD.

Legacy Standard Bible
if he walks in My statutes and My judgments and is careful to do the truth—he is righteous and will surely live,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
if he walks in My statutes and [keeps] My ordinances so as to act with integrity; [then] he is [truly] righteous and shall certainly live,” says the Lord GOD.

Christian Standard Bible
He follows my statutes and keeps my ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He follows My statutes and keeps My ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.”

American Standard Version
hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he walks in my commands and he keeps my judgments, and he practices the truth, he who does so is righteous, and he shall surely live, says THE LORD OF LORDS

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and has walked in my commandments and kept mine ordinances, to do them; he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
and faithfully obeys my laws and teachings. This man is good, and I promise he will live.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hath walked in my commandments, and kept my judgments, to do truth: he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

English Revised Version
hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He lives by my rules and obeys my laws faithfully. This person is righteous. He will certainly live," declares the Almighty LORD.

Good News Translation
Such a man obeys my commands and carefully keeps my laws. He is righteous, and he will live," says the Sovereign LORD.

International Standard Version
if he lives his life consistent with my statutes and keeps my ordinances by practicing what's true, then he's righteous and will certainly live," declares the Lord GOD.

JPS Tanakh 1917
hath walked in My statutes, and hath kept Mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

Literal Standard Version
He walks in My statutes, | And he has kept My judgments—to deal truly, | He [is] righteous—he surely lives,” | A declaration of Lord YHWH.

Majority Standard Bible
He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

New American Bible
if he walks by my statutes and is careful to observe my ordinances, that man is just—he shall surely live—oracle of the Lord GOD.

NET Bible
and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
follows my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances, acting faithfully—such a one is righteous; he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.

New Heart English Bible
has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live," says the Lord GOD.

Webster's Bible Translation
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible
has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept -- to deal truly, Righteous is he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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Context
A Proverb about Israel
8He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. 9He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD. 10Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,…

Cross References
Romans 1:17
For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 11:12
Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you."

Ezekiel 18:10
Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,

Ezekiel 18:19
Yet you may ask, 'Why shouldn't the son bear the iniquity of his father?' Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

Amos 5:4
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek Me and live!


Treasury of Scripture

Has walked in my statutes, and has kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, said the Lord GOD.

walked

Ezekiel 18:17
That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Ezekiel 33:15
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

is just

Psalm 24:4-6
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully…

Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Romans 1:17
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

he shall

Ezekiel 20:11
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

Amos 5:4,14,24
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: …

Luke 10:27-29
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself…

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He follows
יְהַלֵּ֛ךְ (yə·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

My statutes
בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֧י (bə·ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

and faithfully
אֱמֶ֑ת (’ĕ·meṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

keeps
שָׁמַ֖ר (šā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

My ordinances;
וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥י (ū·miš·pā·ṭay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

he is righteous;
צַדִּ֥יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

surely
חָיֹ֣ה (ḥā·yōh)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

he will live,’
יִֽחְיֶ֔ה (yiḥ·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

declares
נְאֻ֖ם (nə·’um)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD.
יְהוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH


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