“If a man is righteous and does (A)what is just and right— if he (B)does not eat upon the mountains or (C)lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, (D)does not defile his neighbor's wife (E)or approach (F)a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, (G)does not oppress anyone, but (H)restores to the debtor his pledge, (I)commits no robbery, (J)gives his bread to the hungry (K)and covers the naked with a garment, (L)does not lend at interest (M)or take any profit,[a] withholds his hand from injustice, (N)executes true justice between man and man, (O)walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; (P)he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor; also verses 13, 17 (compare Leviticus 25:36)

And if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness, and on the mountains he does not eat and he does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he does not defile and he does not approach a woman of[a] menstruation, and he oppresses no one[b] and he returns a pledge for his loan and he commits no robbery[c] and he gives[d] his bread to the hungry and he covers a naked person with a garment, and he does not charge interest[e] and he takes no usury, and he holds back[f] his hand from injustice and he executes a judgment of fairness between persons,[g] and in my statutes he goes about and my regulations he keeps,[h] performing faithfully[i]then he is righteous, and certainly he will live,” declares[j] the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:6 Or “in”
  2. Ezekiel 18:7 Literally “a person not”
  3. Ezekiel 18:7 Literally “robbed things not he seized”
  4. Ezekiel 18:7 Or “shares”
  5. Ezekiel 18:8 Literally “with the interest not he gives”
  6. Ezekiel 18:8 Or “brings back”
  7. Ezekiel 18:8 Literally “man and man”
  8. Ezekiel 18:9 Or “watches”
  9. Ezekiel 18:9 Literally “to do with with faithfulness”
  10. Ezekiel 18:9 Literally “declaration of”