Ezekiel 18:21-24
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 A wicked man, if he turns away from[a] all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and carries out justice and righteousness, he will surely live. He will not die. 22 All of the rebellious acts that he had committed will not be remembered against him. Because of his righteousness that he has practiced, he will live. 23 Do I really find any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord God. Don’t I want him to turn from his ways and live?
24 But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and does what is unrighteous—namely, all the abominations that the wicked man practices—will he live? All the righteous deeds that he did will not be remembered. Because he added one infidelity to another and because of the sins that he has committed, because of them, he will die.
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- Ezekiel 18:21 Or repents of
Ezekiel 18:21-24
Lexham English Bible
21 But if the wicked returns from all of his sins[a] that he has done and he keeps all of my statutes and he does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die! 22 All of his transgressions that he committed will not be remembered against[b] him. Through[c] his righteousness that he has done he shall live. 23 Have I delight by any means[d] in the death of the wicked, declares[e] the Lord Yahweh, and not at his turning from his way, so that[f] he lives? 24 And when the righteous turns[g] from his righteousness, so that[h] he does injustice, and does all of the detestable things that the wicked do, then[i] will he live because of all of his righteousness[j] that he did? Those things will not be remembered because of his infidelity that he displayed, and because of his sin that he committed.[k] Through[l] them he shall die.
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- Ezekiel 18:21 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
- Ezekiel 18:22 Or “for”
- Ezekiel 18:22 Or “By means of”
- Ezekiel 18:23 Or “in any way”
- Ezekiel 18:23 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 18:23 Literally “and”
- Ezekiel 18:24 Literally “at turning of the righteous”
- Ezekiel 18:24 Literally “and”
- Ezekiel 18:24 Or “and”
- Ezekiel 18:24 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
- Ezekiel 18:24 Literally “sin that he sinned”
- Ezekiel 18:24 Or “in/by”
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