Ezechiël 18:20

Staten Vertaling

De ziel, die zondigt, die zal sterven; de zoon zal niet dragen de ongerechtigheid des vaders, en de vader zal niet dragen de ongerechtigheid des zoons; de gerechtigheid des rechtvaardigen zal op hem zijn, en de goddeloosheid des goddelozen zal op hem zijn.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Want de ziel, die zondigt, zal sterven: de zoon zal niet dragen de misdaad des vaders en de vader zal niet dragen de misdaad des zoons; maar de gerechtigheid des rechtvaardigen zal op hem zijn en de ongerechtigheid des onrechtvaardigen zal op hem zijn.

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Alwie zondigt, die zal sterven; een zoon zal niet meedragen de schuld zijns vaders, noch een vader die zijns zoons; den rechtschapene zal zijn deugd, den goddeloze zal zijn goddeloosheid volgen.

Bible Verse Review
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soul that: Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:13, Deuteronomy 24:16, 1 Kings 14:13, 2 Kings 14:6, 2 Kings 22:18-20, 2 Chronicles 25:4, Jeremiah 31:29, Jeremiah 31:30

bear: Ezekiel 4:4, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17, Leviticus 10:17, Leviticus 16:22, Leviticus 19:8, Numbers 18:1, Isaiah 53:11, Hebrews 9:28, 1 Peter 2:24

righteousness: Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 33:10, 1 Kings 8:32, 2 Chronicles 6:23, 2 Chronicles 6:30, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, Matthew 16:27, Romans 2:6-9, Revelation 2:23, Revelation 20:12, Revelation 22:12-15

Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:18 - bear Numbers 15:31 - his iniquity 2 Chronicles 33:15 - he took Job 21:19 - for his Proverbs 9:12 - General Proverbs 12:28 - General Ezekiel 3:18 - I say Ezekiel 14:20 - by Ezekiel 18:17 - he shall not Ezekiel 18:18 - even Ezekiel 32:27 - but Ezekiel 33:6 - he is Ezekiel 33:8 - O wicked Romans 6:23 - For the wages

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The soul that sinneth, it shall die,.... This is repeated from Ezekiel 18:4, for the further confirmation of it:

the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; that is, as the Targum paraphrases it,

"the son shall not be punished for the sins of the father, nor shall the father be punished for the sins of the son.''

This is to be understood of adult persons, and of actual sins; for of such only the prophet speaks throughout the whole chapter, or of temporal, and not of eternal punishment:

the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him; he shall be rewarded with temporal good things in this life, according to his righteousness; which, as the Targum says, shall "remain" upon him; see

Psalms 112:9; he shall eat of the fruit of his own doings, Isaiah 3:10; this is true of a man that is evangelically righteous, or is so through the imputation of Christ's righteousness to him; which is upon him as a robe to clothe him, and will always remain on him, being an everlasting righteousness, and will answer for him in a time to come:

and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him; and not another; his sin shall remain on him unatoned for, unexpiated, not taken away or forgiven; the punishment of it shall be on him, and abide upon him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 18:20. The soul that sinneth, it shall die. — Hitherto we have had to do with the simple cases of the righteous and the wicked; of him who lived and died a holy man, and of him who lived and died a wicked man. But there are two cases behind:

1. That of the wicked man, who repents and turns to God.

2. That of the righteous man, who backslides, and does not return to God by repentance. On both these cases God decides thus:-