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Legacy Standard Bible
Ezekiel 33:17
"Yet the sons of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“‘But your people say, “The Lord’s way isn’t fair,” even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.
“‘But your people say, “The Lord’s way isn’t fair,” even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.
Hebrew Names Version
Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
King James Version
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
English Standard Version
"Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just.
"Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just.
New American Standard Bible
"Yet your fellow citizens say, 'The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right.
"Yet your fellow citizens say, 'The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right.
New Century Version
"Your people say: ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.' But it is their own ways that are not fair.
"Your people say: ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.' But it is their own ways that are not fair.
Amplified Bible
"Yet your people [who are in exile in Babylon] say, 'The way of the Lord is not right;' but as for them, it is their own way that is not right.
"Yet your people [who are in exile in Babylon] say, 'The way of the Lord is not right;' but as for them, it is their own way that is not right.
World English Bible
Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equall: but their owne way is vnequall.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equall: but their owne way is vnequall.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Yet your fellow citizens say, 'The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right.
"Yet your fellow citizens say, 'The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet your people say, 'The way of the LORD is not just.' But it is their way that is not just.
Yet your people say, 'The way of the LORD is not just.' But it is their way that is not just.
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, your people accuse me of being unfair. But they are the ones who are unfair.
Ezekiel, your people accuse me of being unfair. But they are the ones who are unfair.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Now your people say, ‘Adonai's way isn't fair!' But it is their way, theirs, that isn't fair!
"Now your people say, ‘Adonai's way isn't fair!' But it is their way, theirs, that isn't fair!
Darby Translation
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Easy-to-Read Version
"But your people say, ‘That's not fair! The Lord cannot be like that!' "But they are the people who are not fair! They are the people who must change!
"But your people say, ‘That's not fair! The Lord cannot be like that!' "But they are the people who are not fair! They are the people who must change!
George Lamsa Translation
Yet your people say, The way of the LORD is not fair; but it is their own ways that are not fair.
Yet your people say, The way of the LORD is not fair; but it is their own ways that are not fair.
Good News Translation
"And your people say that what I do isn't right! No, it's their way that isn't right.
"And your people say that what I do isn't right! No, it's their way that isn't right.
Lexham English Bible
"Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!' yet their way is not fair.
"Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!' yet their way is not fair.
Literal Translation
Yet the sons of your people say, The way of the Lord is not fair. But they, even their way is not fair.
Yet the sons of your people say, The way of the Lord is not fair. But they, even their way is not fair.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yet the children off thy people saye: Tush, the waye of the LORDE is not right, where as their owne waye is rather vnright.
And yet the children off thy people saye: Tush, the waye of the LORDE is not right, where as their owne waye is rather vnright.
American Standard Version
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Bible in Basic English
But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.
But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yet the children of thy people say: The way of the Lord is not equal; but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet the children of thy people say: The way of the Lord is not equal; but as for them, their way is not equal.
King James Version (1611)
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equall: but as for them, their way is not equall.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equall: but as for them, their way is not equall.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And yet the children of thy people say, the way of the Lorde is not equall: but their owne way is rather vnequall.
And yet the children of thy people say, the way of the Lorde is not equall: but their owne way is rather vnequall.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet the children of thy people will say, The way of the Lord is not straight: whereas this their way is not straight.
Yet the children of thy people will say, The way of the Lord is not straight: whereas this their way is not straight.
English Revised Version
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of thi puple seiden, The weie of the Lord is not euene weiyte; and the weie of hem is vniust.
And the sones of thi puple seiden, The weie of the Lord is not euene weiyte; and the weie of hem is vniust.
Update Bible Version
Yet the sons of your people say, The way of the Lord is not fair: but as for them, their way is not fair.
Yet the sons of your people say, The way of the Lord is not fair: but as for them, their way is not fair.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
New English Translation
"Yet your people say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right,' when it is their behavior that is not right.
"Yet your people say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right,' when it is their behavior that is not right.
New King James Version
"Yet the children of your people say, "The way of the LORD is not fair.' But it is their way which is not fair!
"Yet the children of your people say, "The way of the LORD is not fair.' But it is their way which is not fair!
New Living Translation
"Your people are saying, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right,' but it is they who are not doing what's right.
"Your people are saying, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right,' but it is they who are not doing what's right.
New Life Bible
"Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.' But it is their way that is not right.
"Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.' But it is their way that is not right.
New Revised Standard
Yet your people say, "The way of the Lord is not just," when it is their own way that is not just.
Yet your people say, "The way of the Lord is not just," when it is their own way that is not just.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And can the sons of thy people say, The way of The Lord will not be equal? Nay! but as for them, their way will not be equal!
And can the sons of thy people say, The way of The Lord will not be equal? Nay! but as for them, their way will not be equal!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.
And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.
Revised Standard Version
"Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just'; when it is their own way that is not just.
"Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just'; when it is their own way that is not just.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them -- their way is not pondered.
And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them -- their way is not pondered.
THE MESSAGE
"‘Your people say, "The Master's way isn't fair." But it's the way they're living that isn't fair. When good people turn back from living good lives and plunge into sin, they'll die for it. And when a wicked person turns away from his wicked life and starts living a just and righteous life, he'll come alive.
"‘Your people say, "The Master's way isn't fair." But it's the way they're living that isn't fair. When good people turn back from living good lives and plunge into sin, they'll die for it. And when a wicked person turns away from his wicked life and starts living a just and righteous life, he'll come alive.
Contextual Overview
10"Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus you have spoken, saying, "Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we live?"' 11Say to them, ‘As I live!' declares Lord Yahweh, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?' 12Now as for you, son of man, say to the sons of your people, ‘The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.' 13When I say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he does iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he has done he will die. 14But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and does justice and righteousness, 15if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16None of his sins that he has done will be remembered against him. He has done justice and righteousness; he shall surely live. 17"Yet the sons of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right. 18When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does iniquity, then he shall die in it. 19But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does justice and righteousness, he will live by them.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ezekiel 33:20, Ezekiel 18:25, Ezekiel 18:29, Job 35:2, Job 40:8, Matthew 25:24-26, Luke 19:21, Luke 19:22
Reciprocal: Job 8:3 - God Job 34:11 - the work Psalms 17:2 - things Ezekiel 3:11 - the children Hosea 14:9 - for Romans 11:22 - otherwise
Cross-References
Exodus 12:37
And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from the little ones.
And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from the little ones.
Exodus 13:20
Then they set out from Succoth and camped in Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
Then they set out from Succoth and camped in Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
Joshua 13:27
and in the valley, Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as a border, as far as the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan to the east.
and in the valley, Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as a border, as far as the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan to the east.
Judges 8:5
En hy sê aan die manne van Sukkot: Gee tog broodjies vir die manskappe wat op my voetspore volg, want hulle is moeg, en ek is besig om Seba en Sálmuna, die konings van die Midianiete, agterna te jaag.
En hy sê aan die manne van Sukkot: Gee tog broodjies vir die manskappe wat op my voetspore volg, want hulle is moeg, en ek is besig om Seba en Sálmuna, die konings van die Midianiete, agterna te jaag.
Judges 8:8
Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.
Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.
Judges 8:14
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
Judges 8:16
These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of their own benefit.
These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of their own benefit.
1 Kings 7:46
On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
Psalms 60:6
God has spoken in His holiness:"I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth.
God has spoken in His holiness:"I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Yet the children of thy people say,.... "Not my people"; for surely the children of God could never say what follows; and one would think that even no man could say it, after so much had been said by the Lord concerning the righteous and the wicked, and his dealings with them, which must appear to be just and right, good and gracious; and yet such were the atheism, the perverseness and peevishness of these people, they went on to say as they had done before:
the way of the Lord is not equal: is not according to the rules of justice and equity. The Targum is,
"the ways of the goodness of the Lord are not made plain (or exposed) unto us.''
The answer to which is,
but, as for them, their way is not equal; according to the rule of the divine word; as for God, his way and methods, both of providence and grace, were right and good; :-.
