Ezekiel 14:10

Updated Bible Version

And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeks [to him];

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the one who inquires will be the same as that of the prophet—

Hebrew Names Version
They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks [to him];

King James Version
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

English Standard Version
And they shall bear their punishment—the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike—

New American Standard Bible
"And they will bear the punishment for their wrongdoing; as the wrongdoing of the inquirer is, so the wrongdoing of the prophet will be,

New Century Version
The prophet will be as guilty as the one who asks him for help; both will be responsible for their guilt.

Amplified Bible
"They [both] will bear the punishment of their wickedness; the sin of the [counterfeit] prophet will be the same as the sin of the [hypocritical] inquirer,

World English Bible
They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks [to him];

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they shall beare their punishment: the punishment of the Prophet shall bee euen as the punishment of him that asketh,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They will bear the punishment of their iniquity; as the iniquity of the inquirer is, so the iniquity of the prophet will be,

Legacy Standard Bible
They will bear the punishment of their iniquity; as the iniquity of the inquirer is, so the iniquity of the prophet will be,

Berean Standard Bible
They will bear their punishment-the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet-

Contemporary English Version
and anyone who goes to that prophet for a message will be punished in the same way.

Complete Jewish Bible
The prophets will bear the guilt for their sins — the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of the inquirer —

Darby Translation
And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of the inquirer;

Easy-to-Read Version
So both the one who came for advice and the prophet who gave an answer will get the same punishment.

George Lamsa Translation
And they shall both bear the punishment of their iniquity; the punishment of him who seeks to inquire shall be like the punishment of the prophet,

Good News Translation
Both prophets and anyone who consults them will get the same punishment.

Lexham English Bible
And they will bear their guilt, like the guilt of the inquirer so the guilt of the prophet will be,

Literal Translation
And they shall bear their iniquity. As the iniquity of the inquirer, so the iniquity of the prophet shall be.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and they both shall be punyshed for their wickednesse. Acordinge to ye synne of him that axeth, shal the synne of the prophet be:

American Standard Version
And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeketh unto him;

Bible in Basic English
And the punishment of their sin will be on them: the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of him who goes to him for directions;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall bear their iniquity; the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that inquireth;

King James Version (1611)
And they shall beare the punishment of their iniquitie: the punishment of the prophet shall bee euen as the punishment of him that seeketh vnto him:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they shalbe punished for their wickednesse, according to the sinne of hym that asketh, shall the sinne of the prophete be:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall bear their iniquity according to the trespass of him that asks; and it shall be in like manner to the prophet according to the trespass:

English Revised Version
And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeketh unto him;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen bere her wickidnesse; bi the wickidnesse of the axere, so the wickidnesse of the profete schal be;

Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh [to him];

New English Translation
They will bear their punishment; the punishment of the one who sought an oracle will be the same as the punishment of the prophet who gave it

New King James Version
And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired,

New Living Translation
False prophets and those who seek their guidance will all be punished for their sins.

New Life Bible
They will suffer the punishment of their sin. The man who asks the question and the man who speaks to him in My name will both be punished in the same way.

New Revised Standard
And they shall bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer and the punishment of the prophet shall be the same—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall they bear their punishment, As the punishment of him that enquireth, So shall the punishment of the prophet be:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall bear their iniquity: according to the iniquity of him that inquireth, so shall the iniquity of the prophet be.

Revised Standard Version
And they shall bear their punishment--the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike--

Young's Literal Translation
And they have borne their iniquity: as the iniquity of the inquirer, so is the iniquity of the prophet;

Contextual Overview

¹ Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me, and sat before me. ² And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ³ Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? ⁴ Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel that takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols; ⁵ that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. ⁶ Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Return, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your disgusting things. ⁷ For every man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself: ⁸ and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. ⁹ And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. ¹⁰ And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeks [to him];

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they shall: Ezekiel 17:18-20, Ezekiel 23:49, Genesis 4:13, Numbers 5:31, Micah 7:9, Galatians 6:5

the punishment: Ezekiel 14:4, Ezekiel 14:7, Ezekiel 14:8, Deuteronomy 13:1-10, Deuteronomy 17:2-7, Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 6:15, Jeremiah 8:11, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 14:15, Revelation 19:19-21

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:34 - shall ye bear Jeremiah 4:10 - surely Ezekiel 13:2 - prophesy against Ezekiel 13:9 - mine Ezekiel 14:5 - I may Hosea 9:7 - the multitude Malachi 2:12 - the master and the scholar Matthew 15:14 - And if 2 Timothy 3:13 - being

Cross-References

Genesis 11:3
And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for mortar.

Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for your life; don't look behind you, neither stay in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, or else you will be consumed.

Genesis 19:30
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Joshua 8:24
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

Psalms 83:10
Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

Isaiah 24:18
And it shall come to pass, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Jeremiah 48:44
He that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on Moab the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity,.... Both the false prophet, and those that sought unto him, and were deceived by him; and which being laid according to the strictness of divine justice, is intolerable: sad is the case when a man is obliged to bear his own sins, and the punishment of them, and has no surety to undertake for him, and be a mediator between God and him, and make atonement for him:

the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seekest [unto him]; they being both alike culpable, each pursuing the desires of their own evil hearts; the one seeking for smooth things to be spoken to him; the other speaking them, in order to gratify him, and for the sake of gain; the one being a false prophet, and the other seeking to and inquiring of him, though he was such, slighting and rejecting the true prophets of the Lord; both being deceived, and both blind, and so should fall into the same ditch, being under the same judicial blindness and hardness of heart. The Targum is,

"according to the sin of him that comes to learn and learns not; according to the sin of the false prophet shall it be.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 14:10. The punishment of the prophet — They are both equally guilty; both have left the Lord, and both shall be equally punished.