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Ezekiel 18:5

"Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Beneficence;   Children;   Integrity;   Judgment;   Pawn;   Responsibility;   Righteous;   Righteousness;   Wicked (People);   Works;   Scofield Reference Index - Righteousness;   The Topic Concordance - Charity;   Execution;   Idolatry;   Iniquity;   Judges;   Justice;   Life;   Obedience;   Oppression;   Profit;   Usury;   Violence;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Death;   Ezekiel;   Life;   Loan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Ethics;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Righteousness;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lead;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
Hebrew Names Version
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
King James Version
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
English Standard Version
"If a man is righteous and does what is just and right—
New American Standard Bible
"But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,
New Century Version
"Suppose a person is good and does what is fair and right.
Amplified Bible
"But if a man is righteous (keeps the law) and practices justice and righteousness,
World English Bible
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if a man be iust, and doe that which is lawfull, and right,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,
Legacy Standard Bible
"But if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness,
Berean Standard Bible
Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
Contemporary English Version
Suppose there is a truly good man who always does what is fair and right.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Consider someone who is righteous, who does what is lawful and right.
Darby Translation
And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:
Easy-to-Read Version
"A person who is good will live! He is fair and does what is right.
George Lamsa Translation
But if a man be righteous and do justice and righteousness,
Good News Translation
"Suppose there is a truly good man, righteous and honest.
Lexham English Bible
And if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness,
Literal Translation
But a man that is righteous and does what is just and right,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf a man be godly, and do the thinge that is equall & right,
American Standard Version
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Bible in Basic English
But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
King James Version (1611)
But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the man who shall be just, who executes judgment and righteousness,
English Revised Version
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if a man is iust, and doith doom and riytfulnesse,
Update Bible Version
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
Webster's Bible Translation
But if a man is just, and doeth that which is lawful and right,
New King James Version
But if a man is just And does what is lawful and right;
New Living Translation
"Suppose a certain man is righteous and does what is just and right.
New Life Bible
But if a man is right and good and does what is right and good,
New Revised Standard
If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But when, any man, shall be righteous, and do justice and righteousness:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if a man be just, and do judgment and justice,
Revised Standard Version
"If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right--
Young's Literal Translation
And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,
THE MESSAGE
"Imagine a person who lives well, treating others fairly, keeping good relationships— doesn't eat at the pagan shrines, doesn't worship the idols so popular in Israel, doesn't seduce a neighbor's spouse, doesn't indulge in casual sex, doesn't bully anyone, doesn't pile up bad debts, doesn't steal, doesn't refuse food to the hungry, doesn't refuse clothing to the ill-clad, doesn't exploit the poor, doesn't live by impulse and greed, doesn't treat one person better than another, But lives by my statutes and faithfully honors and obeys my laws. This person who lives upright and well shall live a full and true life. Decree of God , the Master.

Contextual Overview

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 "What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, "‘The fathers eat sour grapes And the children's teeth become numb?' 3 "As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord , you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore! 4 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. 5 "Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right, 6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period, 7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked, 8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men, 9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: Psalms 15:2-5, Psalms 24:4-6, Matthew 7:21-27, Romans 2:7-10, James 1:22-25, James 2:14-26, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 2:29, 1 John 3:7, 1 John 5:2-5, Revelation 22:14

that: etc. Heb. judgment and justice, Ezekiel 33:14, Genesis 18:19, Proverbs 21:3, Jeremiah 22:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:26 - and wilt Deuteronomy 6:18 - shalt do Deuteronomy 16:20 - live Ezekiel 18:21 - and do

Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never had sexual relations with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you please. Only don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
Genesis 33:10
"No, please take them," Jacob said. "If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.
Judges 6:18
Do not leave this place until I come back with a gift and present it to you." The Lord said, "I will stay here until you come back."
Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the Lord 's messenger, "Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat."
Judges 19:5
On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. But the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Have a bite to eat for some energy, then you can go."
Psalms 104:15
as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people's lives.
Isaiah 3:1
Look, the sovereign Lord who commands armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah every source of security, including all the food and water,
Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if a man be just,.... Not legally, as to be wholly free from sin, for there is no such just man, Ecclesiastes 7:20; but evangelically, through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ unto him; and who has a principle of grace and holiness wrought in him; a man of a just principle and good conscience; who is disposed by the grace of God to that which is just and right; for this seems to refer to the inward frame of the mind, as distinct from actions, and as the source of them, as follows:

and do that which is lawful and right; or "judgment" c and "justice"; true judgment and justice, as the Targum; that which is just and right by the law of God, and is so between man and man; the particulars of which follow:

c משפט וצדקה "judiciam et justitiam", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 18:5. If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right — If he be just or holy within, and do what is according to law and equity. What is meant by this, is immediately specified.


 
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