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Ezekiel 18:10

That if he gendrith a sone, a theef, shedinge out blood,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Death;   Responsibility;   Robbery;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Execution;   Profit;   Violence;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lending;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blessing and Cursing;   Death;   Ezekiel;   Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Ethics;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lead;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“But suppose the man has a violent son, who sheds blood and does any of these things,
Hebrew Names Version
If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,
King James Version
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
English Standard Version
"If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things
New American Standard Bible
"However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother
New Century Version
"But suppose this person has a wild son who murders people and who does any of these other things.
Amplified Bible
"If he is the father of a violent son who sheds blood, and who does any of these things to a brother
World English Bible
If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,
Geneva Bible (1587)
If he beget a sonne, that is a thiefe, or a sheader of blood, if he do any one of these things,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother
Legacy Standard Bible
"Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother
Berean Standard Bible
Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
Contemporary English Version
But suppose this good man has an evil son who is violent and commits sins
Complete Jewish Bible
"Now suppose he is the father of a son who is a robber, a murderer, or who does any of these things to a brother —
Darby Translation
And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these [things],
Easy-to-Read Version
"But someone like that might have a son who does not do any of these good things. The son steals things and kills people.
George Lamsa Translation
If he begets a son who is a wicked man, a shedder of blood, and he does any one of these evil things,
Good News Translation
"Then suppose this man has a son who robs and kills, who does any of these things
Lexham English Bible
"And now he has a son, a violent one, who sheds blood and does any of these things
Literal Translation
And if he fathers a violent son, who sheds blood and does to a brother any of these;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf he now get a sonne, that is a murthurer, a shedder of bloude: yf he do one of these thinges
American Standard Version
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,
Bible in Basic English
If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth to a brother any of these things,
King James Version (1611)
If hee beget a sonne that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doth the like to any one of these things,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If he nowe get a sonne that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and do any one of these thinges:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if he beget a mischievous son, shedding blood and committing sins,
English Revised Version
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,
Update Bible Version
If he begets a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, and is one who does this type of thing;
Webster's Bible Translation
If he begetteth a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of blood, and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these [things],
New English Translation
"Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously
New King James Version
"If he begets a son who is a robber Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these things
New Living Translation
"But suppose that man has a son who grows up to be a robber or murderer and refuses to do what is right.
New Life Bible
"But he may have a son who acts in anger and kills another man, or does any of these other things
New Revised Standard
If he has a son who is violent, a shedder of blood,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But he hath begotten a son Who is a violent man A shedder of blood,- Who doeth the like of any of these things;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that hath done some one of these things:
Revised Standard Version
"If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,
Young's Literal Translation
And -- he hath begotten a son, A burglar -- a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,
THE MESSAGE
"But if this person has a child who turns violent and murders and goes off and does any of these things, even though the parent has done none of them— eats at the pagan shrines, seduces his neighbor's spouse, bullies the weak, steals, piles up bad debts, admires idols, commits outrageous obscenities, exploits the poor "—do you think this person, the child, will live? Not a chance! Because he's done all these vile things, he'll die. And his death will be his own fault.

Contextual Overview

10 That if he gendrith a sone, a theef, shedinge out blood, 11 and doith oon of thes thingis, and sotheli not doing alle these thingis, but etinge in hillis, and defoulynge the wijf of his neiybore; 12 makynge soreuful a nedy man and pore, rauyschynge raueyns, not yeldinge a wed, reisynge hise iyen to idols, doynge abhomynacioun; yiuynge to vsure, and takynge more; 13 whether he schal lyue? he schal not lyue; whanne he hath do alle these abhomynable thingis, he schal die bi deth, his blood schal be in hym. 14 That if he gendrith a sone, which seeth alle the synnes of his fadir, whiche he dide, and dredith, and doith noon lijk tho; 15 etith not on hillis, and reisith not hise iyen to the idols of the hous of Israel; and defoulith not the wijf of his neiybore, 16 and makith not sori a man, witholdith not a wed, and rauyschith not raueyn, yyueth his breed to the hungri, and hilith the nakid with a cloth; 17 turneth a wei his hond fro the wrong of a pore man, takith not vsure and ouerhabundaunce, `that is, no thing more than he lente, and doith my domes, and goith in my comaundementis; this sone schal not die in the wickidnesse of his fadir, but he schal lyue in lijf. 18 For his fadir made fals caleng, and dide violence to his brother, and wrouyte yuel in the myddis of his puple, lo! he is deed in his wickidnesse. 19 And ye seien, Whi berith not the sone the wickidnesse of the fadir? That is to seie, for the sone wrouyte doom and riytfulnesse, he kepte alle my comaundementis, and dide tho, he schal lyue in lijf.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that is: Leviticus 19:13, Malachi 3:8, Malachi 3:9, John 18:40

a robber: or, a breaker up of an house, Exodus 22:2

a shedder: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12, Numbers 35:31, 1 John 3:12

the like to any one of these things: or, to his brother besides any of these

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 7:9 - steal Ezekiel 18:14 - if he Ezekiel 18:24 - and doeth Ezekiel 33:8 - O wicked

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
And eft he seide, Y multipliynge schal multiplie thi seed, and it schal not be noumbrid for multitude.
Genesis 17:16
and Y schal blesse hir, and of hir I schal yyue to thee a sone, whom I schal blesse, and he schal be in to naciouns, and kyngis of puplis schulen be borun of hym.
Genesis 17:19
And the Lord seide to Abraham, Sara, thi wijf, schal bere a sone to thee, and thou schalt clepe his name Ysaac, and Y schal make my couenaunt to hym in to euerlastynge boond of pees, and to his seed aftir hym;
Genesis 17:21
Forsothe Y schal make my couenaunt to Ysaac, whom Sare schal childe to thee in this tyme in the tother yeer.
Genesis 18:3
and seide, Lord, if Y haue founde grace in thin iyen, passe thou not thi seruaunt,
Genesis 18:5
and Y schal sette a mussel of breed, and youre herte be coumfortid; aftirward ye schulen passe; for herfor ye bowiden to youre seruaunt. Whiche seiden, Do thou as thou hast spoke.
Genesis 18:8
and he took botere, and mylk, and the calf which he hadde sode, and settide bifore hem; forsothe Abraham stood bisidis hem vndur the tre.
Genesis 18:9
And whanne thei hadden ete, thei seiden to hym, Where is Sare thi wijf? He answerde, Lo! sche is in the tabernacle.
Genesis 18:13
Forsothe the Lord seide to Abraham, Whi leiyeth Sare, thi wijf, seiynge, whether Y an eld womman schal bere child verili?
Genesis 18:14
whether ony thing is hard to God? Bi the biheeste Y schal turne ayen to thee in this same tyme, if Y lyue; and Sara schal haue a sone.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If he beget a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of blood,.... But if this just man beget a son that is a thief and a murderer, as he may; for grace is not conveyed by natural generation, though sin is: a good man has often bad children, even such as are guilty of capital crimes, as a "robber", a "highwayman", a "breaker up", or "through", as the word e signifies; one that breaks through walls, and into houses, and breaks through all the laws of God and man; and sticks not to shed innocent blood in committing his thefts and robberies, as these sins often go together; such an one was Barabbas, whose name signifies the son of a father, and perhaps his father might be a good man:

and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these [things]; or that does anyone of these things, whether theft or murder.

e פריץ "effractorem", Montanus, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator, Grotius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Live ... die - In the writings of Ezekiel there is a development of the meaning of “life” and “death.” In the holy land the sanctions of divine government were in great degree temporal; so that the promise of “life” for “obedience,” the threatening of “death” for “disobedience,” in the Books of Moses, were regarded simply as temporal and national. In their exile this could not continue in its full extent, and the universality of the misfortune necessarily made men look deeper into the words of God. The word “soul” denotes a “person” viewed as an “individual,” possessing the “life” which God breathed into man when he became a “living soul” Genesis 2:7; i. e., it distinguishes “personality” from “nationality,” and this introduces that fresh and higher idea of “life” and “death,” which is not so much “life” and “death” in a future state, as “life” and “death” as equivalent to communion with or separation from God - that idea of life and death which was explained by our Lord in the Gospel of John John 8:0, and by Paul in Romans 8:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 18:10. If he beget a son — Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.


 
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