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English Standard Version

Ezekiel 33:14

Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,' yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right,

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Condescension of God;   Contingencies;   Death;   God Continued...;   Obedience;   Opportunity;   Penitent;   Repentance;   Responsibility;   Sin;   Wicked (People);   Works;   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Life;   Repentance;   Turning;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wrath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘So when I tell the wicked person, “You will surely die,” but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right—
Hebrew Names Version
Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
King James Version
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
New American Standard Bible
"But when I say to the wicked, 'You will certainly die,' and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness,
New Century Version
Or, if I say to the wicked people, ‘You will surely die,' they may stop sinning and do what is right and honest.
Amplified Bible
"But when I say to the wicked, 'You will certainly die,' and he turns from his sin and practices that which is just (fair) and right—
World English Bible
Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe when I shall say vnto the wicked, thou shalt die the death, if he turne from his sinne, and doe that which is lawfull and right,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But when I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness,
Legacy Standard Bible
But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and does justice and righteousness,
Berean Standard Bible
So when I tell the wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right-
Contemporary English Version
Suppose I warn wicked people that they will die because of their sins, and they stop sinning and start doing right.
Complete Jewish Bible
Likewise, if, after I tell the wicked person, "You must die," he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right —
Darby Translation
And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Or maybe I will tell some evil people that they will die. But they might change their lives, stop sinning, and begin to live right. They might become good and fair.
George Lamsa Translation
Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die, and he turns from his sins and does that which is just and right,
Good News Translation
I may warn someone evil that he is going to die, but if he stops sinning and does what is right and good—
Lexham English Bible
And when I say to the wicked, ‘Certainly you will die,' but he returns from his sin and he does justice and righteousness—
Literal Translation
And though I say to the wicked, Dying you shall die; if he turns from his sin and does justice and righteousness,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Agayne, yff I saye to the wicked: thou shalt surely dye: and so he turne fro his synnes, and do the thinge that is laufull and right:
American Standard Version
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
Bible in Basic English
And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Again, when I say unto the wicked: Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
King James Version (1611)
Againe, when I say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die, if hee turne from his sinne, and do that which is lawfull and right;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Againe, if I say vnto the wicked, thou shalt surely dye: and so he turne from his sinnes, and do the thing that is lawfull and right,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when I say to the ungodly, Thou shalt surely die; and he shall turn from his sin, and do judgment and justice,
English Revised Version
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe if Y seie to the wickid man, Thou schalt die bi deth, and he doith penaunce for his synne, and doith dom and riytfulnesse,
Update Bible Version
Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;
Webster's Bible Translation
Again, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he shall turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
New English Translation
Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,' but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.
New King James Version
Again, when I say to the wicked, "You shall surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right,
New Living Translation
And suppose I tell some wicked people that they will surely die, but then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right.
New Life Bible
But when I tell the sinful man that he will die, and he turns from his sin and does what is right and good,
New Revised Standard
Again, though I say to the wicked, "You shall surely die," yet if they turn from their sin and do what is lawful and right—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And when I say to the lawless man Thou shalt surely die, but he shall turn from his sin, and do justice and righteousness:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it I shall say to the wicked: Thou shalt surely die: and he do penance for his sin, and do judgment and justice,
Revised Standard Version
Again, though I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' yet if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right,
Young's Literal Translation
And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And -- he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness,
THE MESSAGE
"‘On the other hand, if I tell a wicked person, "You'll die for your wicked life," and he repents of his sin and starts living a righteous and just life—being generous to the down-and-out, restoring what he had stolen, cultivating life-nourishing ways that don't hurt others—he'll live. He won't die. None of his sins will be kept on the books. He's doing what's right, living a good life. He'll live.

Contextual Overview

10 "And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?' 11 Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God , I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel? 12 "And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins. 13 Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die. 14 Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,' yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live. 17 "Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just. 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it. 19 And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou shalt: Ezekiel 33:8, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 3:19, Ezekiel 18:27, Isaiah 3:11, Jeremiah 18:7, Jeremiah 18:8, Luke 13:3-5

if he: Proverbs 28:13, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 4:1, Hosea 14:1, Acts 3:19

that which is lawful and right: Heb. judgment and justice, Ezekiel 18:21, Ezekiel 18:27, Micah 6:8, Matthew 9:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Genesis 20:3 - a dead Genesis 20:7 - surely Leviticus 6:7 - make Deuteronomy 6:18 - shalt do Deuteronomy 30:10 - turn unto Psalms 119:59 - turned Jeremiah 36:3 - hear Ezekiel 18:5 - that Ezekiel 33:19 - General Titus 2:12 - denying

Cross-References

Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,
Genesis 33:2
And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
Genesis 33:3
He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Genesis 33:19
And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.
Deuteronomy 2:1
"Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the Lord told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir.
Judges 5:4
" Lord , when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.
2 Chronicles 20:10
And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy—
Isaiah 40:11
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Ezekiel 25:8
"Thus says the Lord God : Because Moab and Seir said, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,'
Mark 4:33
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Again, when I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die,.... That is, provided he continues in the same course of life, impenitent and unbelieving:

but if he turn from his sin; repent of it, and forsake it:

and do that which is lawful and right; or "judgment and justice"; do that which is agreeably to the law of God, and what is right between man and man; lives soberly, righteously, and godly, as well as denies ungodliness and worldly lusts; whereby it appears that his repentance is genuine and true.


 
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