When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he will even die therein. When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
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“ ‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair. When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he will even die therein. When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it. Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’ ”
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When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he will even die therein.
When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
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When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
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When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
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Cross-references (7)
- Ezekiel 33:12-13 (v18) “You, son of man, tell the children of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his…
- Hebrews 10:38 (v18) But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
- 2 Peter 2:20-22 (v18) For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again…
- Ezekiel 18:26-27 (v18) When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done he shall…
- Ezekiel 18:27-28 (v19) Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his…
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- Ezekiel 3:20 (v18) “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die.…
- Ezekiel 33:14 (v19) Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die;” if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv18–19 Eze 33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness,…
Eze 33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
Ver. 18. When the righteous turneth.] To set them down, if right reason would do it (and man should be mancipium rationis, a slave to reason), he repeateth what he hath said before.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v19 In these two verses the cases are so clearly…
In these two verses the cases are so clearly stated, that it is as clear as the sun the ways of God are very just, and that none but ignorant atheists would think or surmise otherwise.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv18–19 Yet ye say, the way of the Lord is…
Yet ye say, the way of the Lord is not equal,.... Still obstinately persisting in their false charges, notwithstanding plain proofs to the contrary:
O ye house of Israel, I will judge you everyone after his ways; See Gill on Eze 18:30.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v19 Verse 19. He shall live thereby] "The wages of…
Verse 19. He shall live thereby] "The wages of sin is death;" the "gift of God is eternal life." It is a miserable trade by which a man cannot live; such a trade is sin.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v18 18, 19. These verses sum up the whole principles…
18, 19. These verses sum up the whole principles of the passage, cf. Eze_18:26-27. On Eze_33:20 cf. Eze_18:25; Eze_18:29.
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