Ezekiel 33:18
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
Ezekiel 33:18 in other translations
| BSB | If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it. |
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| WEB | When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein. |
| ASV | When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein. |
| YLT | In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity--he dieth for it. |
| DARBY | When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein. |
| BBE | When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it. |
| Webster | When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, for that he shall even die. |
What does Ezekiel 33:18 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 33:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 33:18
- Ezekiel 33:12-13
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 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.
- Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
- 2 Peter 2:20-22
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
- Ezekiel 18:26-27
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. 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 3:20
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
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Context
- 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.
- Ezekiel 33:19
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Ezekiel 33:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando el justo se apartare de su justicia, é hiciere iniquidad, morirá por ello. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand le juste se détournera de sa justice et pratiquera l’iniquité, il en mourra. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn der Gerechte von seiner Gerechtigkeit umkehrt und unrecht tut, so wird er deswegen sterben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum enim recesserit justus a justitia sua, feceritque iniquitates, morietur in eis. |