Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
But you may ask, ‘Why doesn’t the son suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity?’
New American Standard Bible
“Yet you say, ‘
King James Version
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
International Standard Version
"Yet you keep asking, "Why wouldn't the son bear the punishment of his father's sin?' Because the son has done what was lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes and obeyed them, he's certainly going to live.
A Conservative Version
Yet say ye, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
American Standard Version
Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Amplified
“Yet do you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s sin?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and has done them, he shall certainly live.
Bible in Basic English
But you say, Why does not the son undergo punishment for the evil-doing of the father? When the son has done what is ordered and right, and has kept my rules and done them, life will certainly be his.
Darby Translation
And ye say, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done judgment and justice, hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them; he shall certainly live.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye said, Why bore not the son upon the iniquity of the father? and the son doing judgment and justice, watching all my laws, and he will do them; living, he shall live.
King James 2000
Yet say you, Why? does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Yet you say, 'Why [does] the son not bear the guilt of the father?' And [since] the son does justice and righteousness and he keeps all of my statutes and does them, he shall surely live!
Modern King James verseion
Yet you say, Why? Does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done justice and right, has kept all My statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And yet say ye, 'Wherefore then should not this son bear his father's sin?' Therefore, because the son hath done equity and right, hath kept all my commandments and done them: therefore shall he live indeed.
NET Bible
"Yet you say, 'Why should the son not suffer for his father's iniquity?' When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live.
New Heart English Bible
"Yet you say, 'Why doesn't the son bear the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
The Emphasized Bible
Will ye then say. Why hath not the son borne a part of the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done justice and righteousness, All my statutes, hath observed and done them He shall surely live.
Webster
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
World English Bible
Yet you say, Why doesn't the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
Youngs Literal Translation
And ye have said, Wherefore hath not the son, Borne of the iniquity of the father? And -- the son judgment and righteousness hath done, All My statutes he hath kept, And he doeth them, he surely liveth.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 18:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Just Treatment Of Individuals, Both Righteous And Wicked
18
“As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity because he practiced fraud, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:5
Jeremiah 15:4
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh
Zechariah 1:3-6
So tell the people: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.
Deuteronomy 5:9
Ezekiel 20:18-20
“Then I said to their children in the wilderness: Don’t follow the statutes of your fathers, defile yourselves with their idols, or keep their ordinances.
2 Kings 23:26
In spite of all that, the Lord did not turn from the fury of His great burning anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had provoked Him with.
2 Kings 24:3-4
Indeed, this happened to Judah at the Lord’s command to remove them from His sight.
Lamentations 5:7
but we bear their punishment.
Ezekiel 18:2
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel:
and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
Ezekiel 18:9
He follows My statutes and keeps My ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.”
Ezekiel 20:24
For they did not practice My ordinances but rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed
Ezekiel 20:30
“Therefore say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: Are you defiling yourselves the way your fathers did,