Ezekiel 33:14
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
Ezekiel 33:14 in other translations
| BSB | But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right— |
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| WEB | 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, |
| ASV | Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; |
| YLT | And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And--he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness, |
| DARBY | And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice; |
| BBE | And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right; |
| Webster | Again, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he shall turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; |
What does Ezekiel 33:14 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 33:10-20
Those who despaired of finding mercy with God, are answered with a solemn declaration of God's readiness to show mercy. The ruin of the city and state was determined, but that did not relate to the final state of persons. God says to the righteous, that he shall surely live. But many who have made profession, have been ruined by proud confidence in themselves. Man trusts to his own righteousness, and presuming on…
Ezekiel 33:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 33:14
- 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.
- Jeremiah 18:7-8
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
- Ezekiel 33:8
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
- Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
- Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
- Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Jeremiah 4:1
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
- Ezekiel 3:18-19
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
- Luke 13:3-5
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
- Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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- Ezekiel 33:13
When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
- Ezekiel 33:14
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
- Ezekiel 33:15
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel 33:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y diciendo yo al impío: De cierto morirás; si él se volviere de su pecado, é hiciere juicio y justicia, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand j’aurai dit au méchant: Certainement tu mourras,… s’il se détourne de son péché, et pratique le jugement et la justice; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ich aber zu dem Gesetzlosen spreche: Du sollst gewißlich sterben; und er kehrt von seiner Sünde um und übt Recht und Gerechtigkeit, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si autem dixero impio: Morte morieris: et egerit pœnitentiam a peccato suo, feceritque judicium et justitiam, |