Ezekiel 18:10

Brenton's Septuagint

And if he beget a mischievous son, shedding blood and committing sins,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“But suppose the man has a violent son, who sheds blood and does any of these things,

Hebrew Names Version
If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,

King James Version
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

English Standard Version
"If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things

New American Standard Bible
"However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother

New Century Version
"But suppose this person has a wild son who murders people and who does any of these other things.

Amplified Bible
"If he is the father of a violent son who sheds blood, and who does any of these things to a brother

World English Bible
If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,

Geneva Bible (1587)
If he beget a sonne, that is a thiefe, or a sheader of blood, if he do any one of these things,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother

Legacy Standard Bible
"Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother

Berean Standard Bible
Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,

Contemporary English Version
But suppose this good man has an evil son who is violent and commits sins

Complete Jewish Bible
"Now suppose he is the father of a son who is a robber, a murderer, or who does any of these things to a brother —

Darby Translation
And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these [things],

Easy-to-Read Version
"But someone like that might have a son who does not do any of these good things. The son steals things and kills people.

George Lamsa Translation
If he begets a son who is a wicked man, a shedder of blood, and he does any one of these evil things,

Good News Translation
"Then suppose this man has a son who robs and kills, who does any of these things

Lexham English Bible
"And now he has a son, a violent one, who sheds blood and does any of these things

Literal Translation
And if he fathers a violent son, who sheds blood and does to a brother any of these;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf he now get a sonne, that is a murthurer, a shedder of bloude: yf he do one of these thinges

American Standard Version
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,

Bible in Basic English
If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth to a brother any of these things,

King James Version (1611)
If hee beget a sonne that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doth the like to any one of these things,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If he nowe get a sonne that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and do any one of these thinges:

English Revised Version
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if he gendrith a sone, a theef, shedinge out blood,

Update Bible Version
If he begets a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, and is one who does this type of thing;

Webster's Bible Translation
If he begetteth a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of blood, and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these [things],

New English Translation
"Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously

New King James Version
"If he begets a son who is a robber Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these things

New Living Translation
"But suppose that man has a son who grows up to be a robber or murderer and refuses to do what is right.

New Life Bible
"But he may have a son who acts in anger and kills another man, or does any of these other things

New Revised Standard
If he has a son who is violent, a shedder of blood,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But he hath begotten a son Who is a violent man A shedder of blood,- Who doeth the like of any of these things;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that hath done some one of these things:

Revised Standard Version
"If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,

Young's Literal Translation
And -- he hath begotten a son, A burglar -- a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,

THE MESSAGE
"But if this person has a child who turns violent and murders and goes off and does any of these things, even though the parent has done none of them— eats at the pagan shrines, seduces his neighbor's spouse, bullies the weak, steals, piles up bad debts, admires idols, commits outrageous obscenities, exploits the poor "—do you think this person, the child, will live? Not a chance! Because he's done all these vile things, he'll die. And his death will be his own fault.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ And if he beget a mischievous son, shedding blood and committing sins, ¹¹ 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, ¹² and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities, ¹³ has lent upon usury, and taken usurious increase; he shall by no means live: he has wrought all these iniquities; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. ¹⁴ And if he beget a son, and the son see all his father’s sins which he has wrought, and fear, and not do according to them, ¹⁵ and if he has not eaten on the mountains, and has not set his eyes on the devices of the house of Israel, and has not defiled his neighbor’s wife, ¹⁶ and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked, ¹⁷ and has turned back his hand from unrighteousness, has not received interest or usurious increase, has wrought righteousness, and walked in mine ordinances; he shall not die for the iniquities of his father, he shall surely live. ¹⁸ But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity. ¹⁹ But ye will say, Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father? Because the son has wrought judgement and mercy, has kept all my statues, and done them, he shall surely live.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that is: Leviticus 19:13, Malachi 3:8, Malachi 3:9, John 18:40

a robber: or, a breaker up of an house, Exodus 22:2

a shedder: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12, Numbers 35:31, 1 John 3:12

the like to any one of these things: or, to his brother besides any of these

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 7:9 - steal Ezekiel 18:14 - if he Ezekiel 18:24 - and doeth Ezekiel 33:8 - O wicked

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.

Genesis 17:19
And God said to Abraam, Yea, behold, Sarrha thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him.

Genesis 17:21
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to thee at this time, in the next year.

Genesis 18:3
And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.

Genesis 18:5
And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.

Genesis 18:8
And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree.

Genesis 18:9
And he said to him, Where is Sarrha thy wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent.

Genesis 18:13
And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.

Genesis 18:14
Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to thee seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If he beget a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of blood,.... But if this just man beget a son that is a thief and a murderer, as he may; for grace is not conveyed by natural generation, though sin is: a good man has often bad children, even such as are guilty of capital crimes, as a "robber", a "highwayman", a "breaker up", or "through", as the word e signifies; one that breaks through walls, and into houses, and breaks through all the laws of God and man; and sticks not to shed innocent blood in committing his thefts and robberies, as these sins often go together; such an one was Barabbas, whose name signifies the son of a father, and perhaps his father might be a good man:

and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these [things]; or that does anyone of these things, whether theft or murder.

e פריץ "effractorem", Montanus, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator, Grotius.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 18:10. If he beget a son — Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.