Ezekiel 18:4

Brenton's Septuagint

For all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son, they are mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Look, every life belongs to me. The life of the father is like the life of the son—both belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

King James Version
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

English Standard Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

New Century Version
Every living thing belongs to me. The life of the parent is mine, and the life of the child is mine. The person who sins is the one who will die.

Amplified Bible
"Behold (pay close attention), all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

World English Bible
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, all soules are mine, both the soule of the father, and also the soule of the sonne are mine: the soule that sinneth, it shall die.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Contemporary English Version
The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. Only those who sin will be put to death.

Complete Jewish Bible
Look, all lives belong to me — both the parent's life and the child's life are equally mine — so it is the person who sins, himself, who must die.

Darby Translation
Behold, all the souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Easy-to-Read Version
I will treat everyone, child and parent, just the same. The one who sins is the one who will die!

George Lamsa Translation
Because all souls are mine; the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine; the soul that sins, it shall die.

Good News Translation
The life of every person belongs to me, the life of the parent as well as that of the child. The person who sins is the one who will die.

Lexham English Bible
Look! All lives are mine. The lives of father and son alike are mine. The person sinning will die.

Literal Translation
Behold, they are all My souls. As the soul of the father, also the soul of the son, they are Mine. The soul that sins, it shall die.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, all soules are myne. Like as the father is myne, so is ye sonne myne also. The soule that synneth, shal dye.

American Standard Version
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Bible in Basic English
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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

King James Version (1611)
Behold, all soules are mine, as the soule of the father, so also the soule of the sonne is mine: the soule that sinneth, it shall die.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, all soules are mine, lyke as the soule of the father is mine, so is the soule of the sonne myne also: the soule that sinneth shall dye it selfe.

English Revised Version
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! alle soulis ben myne; as the soule of the fadir, so and the soule of the sone is myn. Thilke soule that doith synne, schal die.

Update Bible Version
Look, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

New English Translation
Indeed! All lives are mine—the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.

New King James Version
"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.

New Living Translation
For all people are mine to judge—both parents and children alike. And this is my rule: The person who sins is the one who will die.

New Life Bible
For all souls belong to Me. Both the soul of the father and the soul of the son are Mine. The soul who sins will die.

New Revised Standard
Know that all lives are mine; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child is mine: it is only the person who sins that shall die.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! as for all persons, mine they are, As the person of the father, so also the person of the son, mine they are, - The person that sinneth, the same shall die.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die.

Revised Standard Version
Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins shall die.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son -- they are Mine, The soul that is sinning -- it doth die.

Contextual Overview

¹ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² Son of man, what mean ye by this parable among the children of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten unripe grapes, and the children’s teeth have been set on edge? ³ As I live, saith the Lord, surely this parable shall no more be spoken in Israel. ⁴ For all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son, they are mine: the soul that sins, it shall die. ⁵ But the man who shall be just, who executes judgment and righteousness, ⁶ who shall not eat upon the mountains, and shall not at all lift up his eyes to the devices of the house of Israel, and shall not defile his neighbor’s wife, and shall not draw nigh to her that is removed, ⁷ and shall not oppress any man, but shall return the pledge of the debtor, and shall be guilty of no plunder, shall give his bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked; ⁸ and shall not lend his money upon usury, and shall not receive usurious increase, and shall turn back his hand from injustice, shall execute righteous judgement between a man and his neighbor, ⁹ and has walked in my commandments and kept mine ordinances, to do them; he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all souls: Numbers 16:22, Numbers 27:16, Zechariah 12:1, Hebrews 12:9

the soul that: Ezekiel 18:20, Romans 6:23, Galatians 3:10-13, Galatians 3:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Genesis 5:5 - and he died Genesis 12:13 - and Exodus 32:33 - sinned Leviticus 5:1 - a soul Numbers 5:31 - bear Numbers 27:3 - died in his 2 Kings 1:4 - but shalt 2 Kings 14:6 - The fathers 2 Chronicles 25:4 - as it is written Job 19:4 - mine Jeremiah 31:30 - General Ezekiel 3:18 - I say Ezekiel 18:18 - even Ezekiel 33:8 - O wicked Ezekiel 33:13 - he shall die Romans 2:9 - soul Romans 5:12 - and death Romans 6:13 - unrighteousness Galatians 6:5 - General

Cross-References

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 18:15
But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst laugh.

Genesis 19:2
Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.

Genesis 24:32
And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.

Genesis 43:24
And he brought water to wash their feet; and gave provender to their asses.

1 Samuel 25:41
And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy servant is for an handmaid to wash the feet of thy servants.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, all souls are mine,.... By creation; they being the immediate produce of his power; hence he is called "the Father of spirits", Hebrews 12:9, or the souls of men; these he has an apparent right unto; a property in; a dominion over; they are accountable to him, and will be judged impartially by him:

as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine; and therefore must be thought to have as great a respect and affection for the one as for the other; for the soul of a son as for the soul of a father; and not deal partially in favour of the one, and cruelly and unrighteously with the other:

the soul that sinneth, it shall die; the soul that continues in sin, without repentance towards God, and faith in Christ, shall die the second death; shall be separated from the presence of God, and endure his wrath to all eternity: or the meaning is, that a person that is guilty of gross sins, and continues in them, shall personally suffer; he shall endure one calamity or another, as the famine, sword, pestilence, or be carried into captivity, which is the death all along spoken of in this chapter; the Lord will exercise no patience towards him, or defer punishment to a future generation, his offspring; but shall immediately execute it upon himself.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All souls are mine - Man is not simply to ascribe his existence to earthly parents, but to acknowledge as his Father Him who created man in His own image, and who gave and gives him the spirit of life. The relation of father to son is merged in the common relation of all (father and son alike) as sons to their heavenly Father.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 18:4. All souls are mine — Equally so; I am the Father of the spirits of all flesh, and shall deal impartially with the whole.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. — None shall die for another's crimes, none shall be saved by another's righteousness. Here is the general judgment relative to the righteousness and unrighteousness of men, and the influence of one man's state on that of another; particularly in respect to their moral conduct.