Ezekiel 18:10-13
New English Translation
10 “Suppose such a man has[a] a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things[b] mentioned previously 11 (though the father did not do any of them).[c] He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains,[d] defiles his neighbor’s wife, 12 oppresses the poor and the needy,[e] commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to[f] idols, performs abominable acts, 13 engages in usury, and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die.[g] He will bear the responsibility for his own death.[h]
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- Ezekiel 18:10 tn Heb “begets.”
- Ezekiel 18:10 tn Heb “and he does, a brother, from one of these.” If “brother” is retained, it may be an adverbial accusative: “against a brother” (i.e., fellow Israelite). But the form is likely dittographic, as the consonants that spell “brother” אח (alef-het) occur in the following word).
- Ezekiel 18:11 tn Heb “and he all of these did not do.” The parenthetical note refers back to the father described in the preceding verses.
- Ezekiel 18:11 sn See note on “mountains” in v. 6.
- Ezekiel 18:12 sn The poor and needy are often mentioned together in the OT (Deut 24:14; Jer 22:16; Ezek 16:49; Pss 12:6; 35:10; 37:14).
- Ezekiel 18:12 tn Heb “lifts up his eyes.”
- Ezekiel 18:13 tn Heb “be put to death.” The translation follows an alternative reading that appears in several ancient textual witnesses.
- Ezekiel 18:13 tn Heb “his blood will be upon him.”
Ezekiel 18:10-13
Lexham English Bible
10 “And now he has a son, a violent one, who sheds blood[a] and does any of these things[b] 11 (though[c] he[d] did not do all of these things), for the son also[e] eats on the mountains and he defiles the wife of his neighbor. 12 He oppresses the needy and the poor, and he commits robbery,[f] and he does not return a pledge for a loan, and he lifts his eyes to the idols so he does a detestable thing. 13 He charges interest[g] and takes usury. Then, shall he live? He shall not live, for he did all of these detestable things. Surely he will die! His blood will be on him.
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- Ezekiel 18:10 Literally “shedding of blood”
- Ezekiel 18:10 Literally “and he does like from one from these”
- Ezekiel 18:11 Hebrew “And”
- Ezekiel 18:11 That is, the father
- Ezekiel 18:11 Or “even”
- Ezekiel 18:12 Literally “robbed things he seized”
- Ezekiel 18:13 Literally “with the interest he gives”
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