Ezekiel 18:22
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
Ezekiel 18:22 in other translations
| BSB | None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live. |
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| WEB | None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live. |
| ASV | None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. |
| YLT | All his transgressions that he hath done Are not remembered to him, In his righteousness that he hath done he liveth. |
| DARBY | None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him; in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live. |
| BBE | Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in memory against him: in the righteousness which he has done he will have life. |
| Webster | All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned to him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. |
What does Ezekiel 18:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 18:21-24
21-24. Two last cases, showing the equity of God: (1) The penitent sinner is dealt with according to his new obedience, not according to his former sins. (2) The righteous man who turns from righteousness to sin shall be punished for the latter, and his former righteousness will be of no avail to him. he shall surely live--Despair drives men into hardened recklessness; God therefore allures men to repentance by…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 18:21-29
The wicked man would be saved, if he turned from his evil ways. The true penitent is a true believer. None of his former transgressions shall be mentioned unto him, but in the righteousness which he has done, as the fruit of faith and the effect of conversion, he shall surely live. The question is not whether the truly righteous ever become apostates. It is certain that many who for a time were thought to be…
Ezekiel 18:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 18:22
- Micah 7:19
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
- Ezekiel 33:16
None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
- Psalms 18:20-24
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. …
- Ezekiel 18:24
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
- Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
- Jeremiah 50:20
In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
- Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
- 1 Kings 17:18
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
- Psalms 19:11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
- Psalms 25:7
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
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Context
- Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Ezekiel 18:22
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
- Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Ezekiel 18:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todas sus rebeliones que cometió, no le serán recordadas: en su justicia que hizo vivirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | De toutes ses transgressions qu’il aura commises, aucune ne viendra en mémoire contre lui; dans sa justice qu’il a pratiquée, il vivra. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aller seiner Übertretungen, die er begangen hat, soll ihm nicht gedacht werden; wegen seiner Gerechtigkeit, die er geübt hat, soll er leben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnium iniquitatum ejus quas operatus est, non recordabor: in justitia sua quam operatus est, vivet. |