Ezekiel 18 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying, The word of the LORD came to me: The word of the LORD came to me:
2 What to you making use of this parable upon the land of Israel, saying, The fathers will eat sour grapes and the sons teeth will be blunted? “What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’? “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “’The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
3 I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if it shall be to you more to use this parable in Israel. As I live, declares the Lord GOD, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
4 Behold, all souls to me; behold, as the soul of the father, and so the soul of the son, they are to me. The soul sinning, it shall die. Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die. For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.
5 And if a man shall be just and do judgment and justice, “If a man is righteous and does what is just and right— “Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.
6 Not to eat upon the mountains, and not to lift up his eyes to the blocks of the house of Israel, and not to defile his neighbor's wife, and he shall not come near to a woman of uncleanness. if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.
7 And he shall not oppress a man; he shall turn back his pledge to the debtor; he will not strip off plunder, his bread he will give to him hungry, and the naked he will cover with a garment; does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.
8 And he shall not give upon interest, and he shall not take interest, from iniquity he shall turn back his hand; he shall do judgment of truth between man to man. does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man, He does not lend to them at interest or take a profit from them. He withholds his hand from doing wrong and judges fairly between two parties.
9 In my laws he shall go and he watched my judgments to do the truth; he is just; living, he shall live, says the Lord Jehovah. walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD. He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign LORD.
10 And he begat a rapacious son, pouring out blood and doing the likeness of one of these. “If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things
11 And he doing not all these, but eating upon the mountains and defiling his neighbor's wife, (though he himself did none of these things), who even eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife, (though the father has done none of them): “He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbor’s wife.
12 Oppressing the poor and needy, stripping off plunder, he will not turn back the pledge, and he lifted up his eyes to the blocks, doing abomination, oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination, He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things.
13 Giving upon interest, and taking interest: and living, he shall not live: doing all these abominations, dying, he shall die; his bloods shall be upon him. lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself. He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.
14 And behold, he begat a son, and he will see all his father's sins which he did, and he will see and will not do like them; “Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise: “But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:
15 Not eating upon the mountains, and not lifting up his eyes to the blocks of the house of Israel, not defiling his neighbor's wife, he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, “He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
16 And not oppressing a man, not binding the pledge, and not stripping off plunder, giving his bread to him hungry, and clothing the naked with a garment. does not oppress anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, He does not oppress anyone or require a pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.
17 Turning back his hand from the poor, taking not usury and interest, doing my judgment, going in my laws; he shall not die in the iniquity of his father; living, he shall live. withholds his hand from iniquity, takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father’s iniquity; he shall surely live. He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor and takes no interest or profit from them. He keeps my laws and follows my decrees. He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live.
18 His father because oppressing, he oppressed, stripping off, he stripped off the brother, and he did not good in the midst of my people, and behold him dying in his iniquity. As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity. But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.
19 And ye said, Why bore not the son upon the iniquity of the father? and the son doing judgment and justice, watching all my laws, and he will do them; living, he shall live. “Yet you say, ‘Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live. “Yet you ask, ‘Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live.
20 The soul sinning, it shall die. The son shall not bear for the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear for the iniquity of the son: the justice of the just one shall be upon him, and the injustice of the unjust one shall be upon him. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
21 And if the unjust one shall turn back from all his sins which he did, and he watched all my laws and did judgment and justice; living, he shall live; he shall not die. “But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. “But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.
22 All his transgressions which he did shall not be remembered to him: in his justice which he did he shall live. None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live.
23 Delighting, shall I delight in the death of the unjust one? says the Lord Jehovah: not in his turning back from his way and living? Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?
24 And in the just turning back from his justice, and doing iniquity according to all the abominations which the unjust one did, will he do and live? all his justices which he did shall not be remembered: in his transgression which he transgressed and in his sins which he sinned, in them he shall die. But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die. “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.
25 And ye said, The way of Jehovah will not make even. Hear ye now, O house of Israel; shall not my way make even? shall not your ways make hot even? “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
26 In the turning back of the just one from his justice, and doing iniquity and dying in them; in his iniquity which he did he shall die. When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die.
27 And in the unjust one turning back from his injustice which he did; and he will do judgment and justice, he shall save his soul alive. Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.
28 And he will see and turn back from all his transgressions which he did, living, he shall live; he shall not die. Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.
29 And the house of Israel said, The way of Jehovah will not make even. Will not my ways make even, O house of Israel, shall not your way not make even? Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? Yet the Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
30 For this I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his ways, says the Lord Jehovah: Turn back and withdraw from all your transgressions; and iniquity shall not be to you for a stumbling block. “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. “Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions which ye transgressed against me, and make to you a new heart and a new spirit: and wherefore will ye die, O house of Israel? Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?
32 For I shall not delight in the death of him dying, says the Lord Jehovah: and turn ye back and live. For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.” For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!
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