“But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, if he does not (A)eat at the mountain shrines or (B)raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or (C)defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period— and if a man does not oppress anyone, but (D)restores to the debtor his pledge, (E)does not commit robbery, but (F)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, and if he does not [a]lend money at (G)interest or take [b](H)interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and (I)executes true justice between one person and another, if he walks in (J)My statutes and keeps My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—(K)he is righteous and will certainly (L)live,” declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:8 Lit give
  2. Ezekiel 18:8 Or usury, and so throughout the ch; i.e., on other kinds of loans

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”