Ezekiel 18:21-24
English Standard Version
21 (A)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does (B)what is just and right, (C)he shall surely live; he shall not die. 22 (D)None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. 23 (E)Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? 24 (F)But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? (G)None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for (H)the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
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Ezekiel 18:21-24
International Standard Version
21 But if the wicked person turns from all his sins, which he did and keeps my statutes, then he’ll live. He won’t die. 22 None of the transgressions that he had committed will be held[a] against him. Because of the righteous deeds that he had done, he’ll live.
23 “I don’t take delight in the death of the wicked, do I?” asks the Lord God. “Shouldn’t I rather delight[b] when he turns from his wicked ways and lives? 24 But when the righteous person abandons his righteous deeds and commits evil, detestable practices, as wicked people do, he won’t live, will he? None of the righteous acts that he had done will be remembered. He’ll die in his treacherous unfaithfulness and sins that he had committed.”
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- Ezekiel 18:22 Lit. remembered
- Ezekiel 18:23 The Heb. lacks shouldn’t I rather delight
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