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Ezekiel 18:11

Who has taken flesh with the blood as food, and has had connection with his neighbour's wife,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Idolatry;   Responsibility;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Execution;   Profit;   Violence;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lending;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Death;   Ezekiel;   Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Ethics;   Marriage;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adultery ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lead;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
though the father has done none of them. Indeed, when the son eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife,
Hebrew Names Version
and who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
King James Version
And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
English Standard Version
(though he himself did none of these things), who even eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,
New American Standard Bible
(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor's wife,
New Century Version
(But the father himself has not done any of these things.) This son eats at the mountain places of worship. He has sexual relations with his neighbor's wife.
Amplified Bible
(though the father did not do any of these things), that is, the son even eats [the food set before idols] at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor's wife,
World English Bible
and who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Though he doe not all these things, but either hath eaten vpon the mountaines, or defiled his neighbours wife,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor's wife,
Legacy Standard Bible
(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor's wife;
Berean Standard Bible
though the father has done none of them: 'Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor's wife.
Contemporary English Version
his father never did. He eats meat at local shrines, has sex with someone else's wife,
Complete Jewish Bible
whereas the father himself does none of them. He eats on the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,
Darby Translation
and that doeth not any of those [duties], but also hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
Easy-to-Read Version
He does things his father never did. He goes to the mountains and eats foods offered to false gods. He commits the sin of adultery with his neighbor's wife.
George Lamsa Translation
And eats the meat sacrificed to idols on the mountains, and defiles his neighbors wife,
Good News Translation
that the father never did. He eats sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines and seduces other men's wives.
Lexham English Bible
(though he did not do all of these things), for the son also eats on the mountains and he defiles the wife of his neighbor.
Literal Translation
even if he does not do any of these himself ; that also the son he has eaten on the mountains, and has defiled his neighbor's wife;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(though he do not all) he eateth vpon the hilles: he defyleth his neghbours wife:
American Standard Version
and that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
whereas he himself had not done any of these things, for he hath even eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
King James Version (1611)
And that doeth not any of those duties, bnt euen hath eaten vpon the mountains, and defiled his neighbours wife,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Though he do not all these thinges, but either hath eaten vpon the hilles, or defiled his neighbours wyfe:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
who has not walked in the way of his righteous father, but has even eaten upon the mountains, and has defiled his neighbor’s wife,
English Revised Version
and that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and doith oon of thes thingis, and sotheli not doing alle these thingis, but etinge in hillis, and defoulynge the wijf of his neiybore;
Update Bible Version
and not only does this type of thing, but also has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
Webster's Bible Translation
And that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
New English Translation
(though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,
New King James Version
And does none of those duties, But has eaten on the mountains Or defiled his neighbor's wife;
New Living Translation
And that son does all the evil things his father would never do—he worships idols on the mountains, commits adultery,
New Life Bible
that the father never did. He eats at the altars on the mountains, and sins with his neighbor's wife.
New Revised Standard
who does any of these things (though his father does none of them), who eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whereas he, none of those other things, doeth, For indeed upon the mountains, he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour, hath defiled;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Though he doth not all these things, but that eateth upon the mountains, and that defileth his neighbour’s wife:
Revised Standard Version
who does none of these duties, but eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,
Young's Literal Translation
And he all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour he hath defiled,

Contextual Overview

10 If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things, 11 Who has taken flesh with the blood as food, and has had connection with his neighbour's wife, 12 Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things, 13 And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him. 14 Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same: 15 Who has not taken the flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel, and has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, 16 Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it; 17 Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his. 18 As for his father, because he was cruel, took goods by force, and did what is not good among his people, truly, death will overtake him in his evil-doing. 19 But you say, Why does not the son undergo punishment for the evil-doing of the father? When the son has done what is ordered and right, and has kept my rules and done them, life will certainly be his.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Ezekiel 18:7, Matthew 7:21-27, Luke 11:28, John 13:17, John 15:14, Philippians 4:9, James 2:17, 1 John 3:22, Revelation 22:14

eaten: Ezekiel 18:6, Ezekiel 18:15, 1 Kings 13:8, 1 Kings 13:22

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 22:9 - they eat Ezekiel 22:11 - committed Ezekiel 33:26 - and ye

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
Genesis 17:24
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.
Genesis 18:12
And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?
Genesis 18:18
Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?
Genesis 18:21
I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
Genesis 31:35
And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.
Leviticus 15:19
And if a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she will have to be kept separate for seven days, and anyone touching her will be unclean till evening.
Luke 1:7
And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.
Luke 1:18
And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And that doeth not any of those [duties],.... Before mentioned, which his father did, but the reverse of them; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "and in the way of his righteous father does not walk"; does not tread in his steps, and work righteousness as he did:

but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife; has been guilty of idolatry and adultery;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Live ... die - In the writings of Ezekiel there is a development of the meaning of “life” and “death.” In the holy land the sanctions of divine government were in great degree temporal; so that the promise of “life” for “obedience,” the threatening of “death” for “disobedience,” in the Books of Moses, were regarded simply as temporal and national. In their exile this could not continue in its full extent, and the universality of the misfortune necessarily made men look deeper into the words of God. The word “soul” denotes a “person” viewed as an “individual,” possessing the “life” which God breathed into man when he became a “living soul” Genesis 2:7; i. e., it distinguishes “personality” from “nationality,” and this introduces that fresh and higher idea of “life” and “death,” which is not so much “life” and “death” in a future state, as “life” and “death” as equivalent to communion with or separation from God - that idea of life and death which was explained by our Lord in the Gospel of John John 8:0, and by Paul in Romans 8:0.


 
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