Ezekiel 18:26
When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
Ezekiel 18:26 in other translations
| BSB | If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed. |
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| WEB | When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in it, then he dies in his iniquity that he has done. |
| ASV | When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth therein; in his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. |
| YLT | In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he hath done he dieth. |
| DARBY | When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and practiseth what is wrong, and dieth for it; in his wrong that he hath done shall he die. |
| BBE | When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him. |
| Webster | When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. |
What does Ezekiel 18:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 18:26-28
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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 18:26 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Ezekiel 18:25
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
- Ezekiel 18:26
When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
- Ezekiel 18:27
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Ezekiel 18:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Apartándose el justo de su justicia, y haciendo iniquidad, él morirá por ello: por su iniquidad que hizo, morirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand le juste se détournera de sa justice, et qu’il pratiquera l’iniquité, il mourra pour cela; dans son iniquité qu’il aura commise, il mourra. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ein Gerechter von seiner Gerechtigkeit umkehrt und unrecht tut, und um deswillen stirbt, so stirbt er wegen seines Unrechts, das er getan hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum enim averterit se justus a justitia sua, et fecerit iniquitatem, morietur in eis: in injustitia quam operatus est morietur. |