Ezekiel 33 · Verse 17

Ezekiel 33:17

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Ezekiel 33:17, King James Version

Ezekiel 33:17 in other translations

BSBYet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
WEB“‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.
ASVYet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
YLTAnd the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them--their way is not pondered.
DARBYYet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
BBEBut the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.
WebsterYet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

What does Ezekiel 33:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. The way of the Lord--The Lord's way of dealing in His moral government.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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…

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Ezekiel 33:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאָמְרוּ֙ve.'a.me.Ruand they sayH559
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] children ofH1121
עַמְּךָ֔'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יִתָּכֵ֖ןyi.ta.Khenit is correctH8505
דֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way ofH1870
אֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
וְהֵ֖מָּהve.He.mahand theyH1992
דַּרְכָּ֥םdar.Kamown way theirH1870
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִתָּכֵֽן\׃yi.ta.Khenit is correctH8505

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 33:17

  • 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 18:29

    Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

  • Matthew 25:24-26

    Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

  • Job 35:2

    Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

  • Job 40:8

    Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • Luke 19:21-22

    For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

  • Ezekiel 33:20

    Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20; 18:25,29; Job 35:2; 40:8; Mt 25:24-26; Lu 19:21,22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 33:17

    Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

  • Ezekiel 33:18

    When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

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Ezekiel 33:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Luego dirán los hijos de tu pueblo: No es recta la vía del Señor: la vía de ellos es la que no es recta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils de ton peuple disent: La voie du Seigneur n’est pas réglée; mais c’est eux dont la voie n’est pas réglée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Kinder deines Volkes sprechen: Der Weg des Herrn ist nicht recht; aber ihr Weg ist nicht recht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixerunt filii populi tui: Non est æqui ponderis via Domini: et ipsorum via injusta est.