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The Darby Translation

Ezekiel 18:10

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lending;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blessing and Cursing;   Death;   Ezekiel;   Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Ethics;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lead;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Like;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;  

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 —
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:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if he beget a mischievous son, shedding blood and committing sins,
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 have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these [things], 11 and that doeth not any of those [duties], but also hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, 12 hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination, 13 given forth upon usury, and taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall certainly die; his blood shall be upon him. 14 But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like: 15 —he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, 16 and hath not oppressed any, nor withholden the pledge, neither hath exercised robbery; he hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment; 17 he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, [and] walked in my statutes: he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live. 18 As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity. 19 And ye say, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done judgment and justice, hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them; he shall certainly 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 Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son also of her; and I will bless her, and she shall become nations: kings of peoples shall be of her.
Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.
Genesis 18:3
and said, Lord, if now I have found favour in thine eyes, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.
Genesis 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread; and refresh yourselves; after that ye shall pass on; for therefore have ye passed on towards your servant. And they said, So do as thou hast said.
Genesis 18:8
And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate.
Genesis 18:9
And they said to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Genesis 18:13
And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why is this, that Sarah laughs, saying, Shall I indeed bear, when I am become old?
Genesis 18:14
Is [any] matter too wonderful for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return to thee, at [this] time of the year, and Sarah 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.


 
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