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Myles Coverdale Bible
Ezekiel 33:17
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.
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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.
Legacy Standard Bible
"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.
"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.
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.
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 Therfore (O thou sonne off man) speake vnto the house off Israel, Ye saye thus: Oure offences and synnes lye vpon vs, and we be corrupte in them: how shulde we then be restored vnto life? 11 Tell them: As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE God) I haue no pleasure in the death off the wicked, but moch rather that the wicked turne from his waye and lyue. Turne you, turne you from yor vngodly wayes, o ye off the house off Israel. Oh, wherfore will ye dye? 12 Thou sonne off man, tell the children off thy people: The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall not saue him, whan so euer he turneth awaye vnfaithfully: Agayne, the wickednesse of the wicked shal not hurte him, whan so euer he conuerteth from his vngodlynesse: And ye rightuousnesse of the rightuous shal not saue his life, when so euer he synneth. 13 Yff I saye vnto the rightuous, that he shall surely lyue, and so he trust to his owne rightuousnesse, and do synne: then shall his rightuousnesse be nomore thought vpon, but in the wickednesse that he hath done, he shall dye. 14 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: 15 In so moch that the same wicked ma geueth the pledge agayne, restoreth that he had taken awaye by robbery, walketh in the comaundementes off life, and doth no wroge: Then shall he surely lyue, and not dye. 16 Yee the synnes that he had done, shal neuer be thought vpon: For in so moch as he doth now the thynge that is laufull and right, he shall lyue. 17 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. 18 When the rightuous turneth from his rightuousnesse, and doeth the thynge that is wicked, he shall dye therfore. 19 But yf the wicked turne from his wickednesse, doinge the thinge that is laufull and right, he shall lyue therfore.
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
Thus ye children of Israel toke their iourney from Raemses to Suchoth, sixe hundreth thousande men of fote, besyde childre.
Thus ye children of Israel toke their iourney from Raemses to Suchoth, sixe hundreth thousande men of fote, besyde childre.
Exodus 13:20
So they toke their iourney fro Suchoth, & pitched their tetes in Etha in ye edge of the wildernes.
So they toke their iourney fro Suchoth, & pitched their tetes in Etha in ye edge of the wildernes.
Joshua 13:27
But in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimra, Suchoth and Zaphon (which remayned yet of the realme of Sihon kynge of HeÃbon) and was by Iordane, vnto the edge of the see of Cyneroth, on this syde Iordane eastwarde.
But in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimra, Suchoth and Zaphon (which remayned yet of the realme of Sihon kynge of HeÃbon) and was by Iordane, vnto the edge of the see of Cyneroth, on this syde Iordane eastwarde.
Judges 8:5
And he sayde vnto the men of Sucoth: I praye you geue the people that are with me, some loaues of bred (for they are weery) that I maye folowe vpon Zebea and Salmana the kinges of the Madianites.
And he sayde vnto the men of Sucoth: I praye you geue the people that are with me, some loaues of bred (for they are weery) that I maye folowe vpon Zebea and Salmana the kinges of the Madianites.
Judges 8:8
And from thence he wente vp vnto Penuel, and spake euen so vnto them. And the me of Penuel gaue him like answere as they of Sucoth.
And from thence he wente vp vnto Penuel, and spake euen so vnto them. And the me of Penuel gaue him like answere as they of Sucoth.
Judges 8:14
he toke a lad of the men of Sucoth, & examyned him, which wrote him vp the names of the rulers of Sucoth, and their Elders, eue threscore and seuentene men.
he toke a lad of the men of Sucoth, & examyned him, which wrote him vp the names of the rulers of Sucoth, and their Elders, eue threscore and seuentene men.
Judges 8:16
And he toke the Elders of the cite, and thornes out of the wildernes, and breres, and caused ye men of Sucoth to be torne therwith.
And he toke the Elders of the cite, and thornes out of the wildernes, and breres, and caused ye men of Sucoth to be torne therwith.
1 Kings 7:46
In the countre by Iordane, caused the kynge them to be molten in thicke earth, betwene Sucoth and Zarthan.
In the countre by Iordane, caused the kynge them to be molten in thicke earth, betwene Sucoth and Zarthan.
Psalms 60:6
God hath spoke in his Sactuary (which thinge reioyseth me) I wil deuyde Siche, & mete out the valley of Suchoth
God hath spoke in his Sactuary (which thinge reioyseth me) I wil deuyde Siche, & mete out the valley of Suchoth
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; :-.
