Ezekiel 33 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 33:6

But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.
Ezekiel 33:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 33:6 in other translations

BSBBut if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
WEBBut if the watchman sees the sword come and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’
ASVBut if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.
YLTAnd the watchman, when he seeth the sword coming in, And he hath not blown with a trumpet, And the people hath not been warned, And come in doth a sword, And taketh away of them--a soul, He in his iniquity is taken away, And his blood from the hand of the watchman I require.
DARBYBut if the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come and take a person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
BBEBut if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.
WebsterBut if the watchman shall see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword shall come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

What does Ezekiel 33:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. his iniquity--his negligence in not maintaining constant watchfulness, as they who are in warfare ought to do. The thing signified here appears from under the image.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 33:1-9

Ezekiel's duty as a watchman. (Ezek 33:1-9) He is to vindicate the Divine government. (Ezek 33:10-20) The desolation of Judea. (Ezek 33:21-29) Judgments on the mockers of the prophets. (Ezek 33:30-33) Verses 1-9 The prophet is a watchman to the house of Israel. His business is to warn sinners of their misery and danger. He must warn the wicked to turn from their way, that they may live. If souls perish through his…

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Ezekiel 33:6 in the original Hebrew

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וְ֠הַצֹּפֶהVe.ha.tzo.fehand the watchmanH6822
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
יִרְאֶ֨הyir.'Ehhe will seeH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַחֶ֜רֶבha.Che.revthe swordH2719
בָּאָ֗הba.'AhcomingH935
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תָקַ֤עta.Ka'he will give a blastH8628
בַּשּׁוֹפָר֙ba.sho.Faron the trumpetH7782
וְהָעָ֣םve.ha.'Amand the peopleH5971
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
נִזְהָ֔רniz.Harit was warnedH2094
וַתָּב֣וֹאva.ta.Vo'and it cameH935
חֶ֔רֶבChe.rev[the] swordH2719
וַתִּקַּ֥חva.ti.Kachand it tookH3947
מֵהֶ֖םme.Hemof them
נָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshanyoneH5315
ה֚וּאhu'heH1931
בַּעֲוֹנ֣וֹba.'a.vo.Noin iniquity hisH5771
נִלְקָ֔חnil.Kachhe was takenH3947
וְדָמ֖וֹve.da.Moand blood hisH1818
מִיַּֽד\־mi.yad-from [the] hand ofH3027
הַצֹּפֶ֥הha.tzo.Pehthe watchmanH6822
אֶדְרֹֽשׁ\׃\ \ס'ed.RoshI will requireH1875

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Cross references for Ezekiel 33:6

  • Ezekiel 3:18-20

    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. 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.

  • Genesis 42:22

    And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

  • 2 Samuel 4:11

    How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • Ezekiel 33:8-9

    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. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

  • Ezekiel 18:20

    The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

  • Genesis 9:5

    And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

  • John 8:21-24

    Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

  • Ezekiel 34:10

    Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 56:10-11

    His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

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and blow.
Isa 56:10,11
he is.
8,9; 18:20,24; Pr 14:32; Joh 8:21-24
his blood.
3:18-20; 34:10; Ge 9:5; 42:22; 2Sa 4:11

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Context

  • Ezekiel 33:5

    He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

  • Ezekiel 33:6

    But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

  • Ezekiel 33:7

    So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

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Ezekiel 33:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pero si el atalaya viere venir la espada, y no tocare la corneta, y el pueblo no se apercibiere, y viniendo la espada, tomare de él alguno; él por causa de su pecado fué tomado, mas demandaré su sangre de mano del atalaya.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais si la sentinelle voit venir l’épée, et ne sonne pas de la trompette, et que le peuple ne soit pas averti, et que l’épée vienne et saisisse quelqu’un d’entre eux, lui est saisi dans son iniquité; mais je redemanderai son sang de la main de la sentinelle.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn aber der Wächter das Schwert kommen sieht, und er stößt nicht in die Posaune, und das Volk wird nicht gewarnt, so daß das Schwert kommt und von ihnen eine Seele wegrafft, so wird dieser wegen seiner Ungerechtigkeit weggerafft; aber sein Blut werde ich von der Hand des Wächters fordern. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quod si speculator viderit gladium venientem, et non insonuerit buccina, et populus se non custodierit, veneritque gladius, et tulerit de eis animam: ille quidem in iniquitate sua captus est; sanguinem autem ejus de manu speculatoris requiram.