Ezekiel 18:5

Bible in Basic English

But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

Hebrew Names Version
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

King James Version
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

English Standard Version
"If a man is righteous and does what is just and right—

New American Standard Bible
"But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,

New Century Version
"Suppose a person is good and does what is fair and right.

Amplified Bible
"But if a man is righteous (keeps the law) and practices justice and righteousness,

World English Bible
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if a man be iust, and doe that which is lawfull, and right,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,

Legacy Standard Bible
"But if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness,

Berean Standard Bible
Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

Contemporary English Version
Suppose there is a truly good man who always does what is fair and right.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Consider someone who is righteous, who does what is lawful and right.

Darby Translation
And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:

Easy-to-Read Version
"A person who is good will live! He is fair and does what is right.

George Lamsa Translation
But if a man be righteous and do justice and righteousness,

Good News Translation
"Suppose there is a truly good man, righteous and honest.

Lexham English Bible
And if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness,

Literal Translation
But a man that is righteous and does what is just and right,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf a man be godly, and do the thinge that is equall & right,

American Standard Version
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

King James Version (1611)
But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the man who shall be just, who executes judgment and righteousness,

English Revised Version
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if a man is iust, and doith doom and riytfulnesse,

Update Bible Version
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

Webster's Bible Translation
But if a man is just, and doeth that which is lawful and right,

New English Translation
"Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

New King James Version
But if a man is just And does what is lawful and right;

New Living Translation
"Suppose a certain man is righteous and does what is just and right.

New Life Bible
But if a man is right and good and does what is right and good,

New Revised Standard
If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But when, any man, shall be righteous, and do justice and righteousness:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if a man be just, and do judgment and justice,

Revised Standard Version
"If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right--

Young's Literal Translation
And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

THE MESSAGE
"Imagine a person who lives well, treating others fairly, keeping good relationships— doesn't eat at the pagan shrines, doesn't worship the idols so popular in Israel, doesn't seduce a neighbor's spouse, doesn't indulge in casual sex, doesn't bully anyone, doesn't pile up bad debts, doesn't steal, doesn't refuse food to the hungry, doesn't refuse clothing to the ill-clad, doesn't exploit the poor, doesn't live by impulse and greed, doesn't treat one person better than another, But lives by my statutes and faithfully honors and obeys my laws. This person who lives upright and well shall live a full and true life. Decree of God , the Master.

Contextual Overview

¹ The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, ² Why do you make use of this saying about the land of Israel, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are on edge? ³ By my life, says the Lord, you will no longer have this saying in Israel. ⁴ See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul. ⁵ But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness, ⁶ And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean; ⁷ And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it; ⁸ And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man, ⁹ And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: Psalms 15:2-5, Psalms 24:4-6, Matthew 7:21-27, Romans 2:7-10, James 1:22-25, James 2:14-26, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 2:29, 1 John 3:7, 1 John 5:2-5, Revelation 22:14

that: etc. Heb. judgment and justice, Ezekiel 33:14, Genesis 18:19, Proverbs 21:3, Jeremiah 22:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:26 - and wilt Deuteronomy 6:18 - shalt do Deuteronomy 16:20 - live Ezekiel 18:21 - and do

Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

Genesis 33:10
And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

Judges 6:18
Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.

Judges 13:15
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

Judges 19:5
Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

Psalms 104:15
And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

Isaiah 3:1
For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water;

Matthew 6:11
Give us this day bread for our needs.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if a man be just,.... Not legally, as to be wholly free from sin, for there is no such just man, Ecclesiastes 7:20; but evangelically, through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ unto him; and who has a principle of grace and holiness wrought in him; a man of a just principle and good conscience; who is disposed by the grace of God to that which is just and right; for this seems to refer to the inward frame of the mind, as distinct from actions, and as the source of them, as follows:

and do that which is lawful and right; or "judgment" c and "justice"; true judgment and justice, as the Targum; that which is just and right by the law of God, and is so between man and man; the particulars of which follow:

c משפט וצדקה "judiciam et justitiam", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 18:5. If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right — If he be just or holy within, and do what is according to law and equity. What is meant by this, is immediately specified.