Ezekiel 18:10

Sin

⁸ He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

⁹ He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,

¹¹ though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

¹² He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
KJV: If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
WEB: “If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things,
ASV: If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,
DARBY: And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these [things],
BLB: And if he begets a violent son, one shedding blood, or [who] does to a brother one of these [things]—

ÅB: Men får han en sønn som blir en voldsmann, som utøser blod og gjør noe som helst av dette[^1],
OTB: "Hvis han har en sønn som er voldelig, en som utgyter blod, og gjør noen av disse tingene—
B1930: Men får han en sønn som blir en voldsmann, som utøser blod og gjør noget som helst av dette, / < det som faren ikke har gjort.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 21:12
Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
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Exodus 22:2
If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
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Malachi 3:8–9
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
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1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
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Leviticus 19:13
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
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Genesis 9:5–6
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
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John 18:40
“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
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Numbers 35:31
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
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