Ezekiel 33:12-16
English Standard Version
12 (A)“And you, son of man, say to (B)your people, (C)The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, (D)and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, (E)and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness[a] when he sins. 13 Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet (F)if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die. 14 Again, (G)though I say to the wicked, (H)‘You shall surely die,’ yet (I)if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, 15 if the wicked (J)restores the pledge, (K)gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks (L)in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 (M)None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
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- Ezekiel 33:12 Hebrew by it
Ezekiel 33:12-16
New King James Version
The Fairness of God’s Judgment
12 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The (A)righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, (B)he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’ 13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, (C)but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die. 14 Again, (D)when I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does [a]what is lawful and [b]right, 15 if the wicked (E)restores the pledge, (F)gives back what he has stolen, and walks in (G)the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 (H)None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
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- Ezekiel 33:14 justice
- Ezekiel 33:14 righteousness
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