Ezekiel 18:11
9 He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
10 Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
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.
13 He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
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
- though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.
- KJV
- And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour’s wife,
- WEB
- or who does not do any of those things but has eaten at the mountain shrines and defiled his neighbor’s wife,
- ASV
- and that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor`s wife,
- DARBY
- and that doeth not any of those [duties], but also hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
- BLB
- and he has not done all of these [things]—for even on the mountains he has eaten, and the wife of his neighbor he has defiled;
- ÅB
- som ikke i noe av dette bærer seg at [som faren har gjort], men endog spiser [avgudsoffer] på fjellene og krenker sin nestes hustru,
- OTB
- selv om han selv ikke gjorde noen av disse tingene—som til og med spiser ved fjellhelligdommene, gjør sin nabos hustru uren,
- B1930
- som ikke i noget av dette bærer sig at [som faren har gjort], men endog eter [avgudsoffer] på fjellene og krenker sin næstes hustru,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 18:15
He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
Read in context1 Kings 13:22
but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”
Read in context1 John 3:22
and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Read in contextMatthew 7:21–27
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Read in contextJohn 15:14
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:6–7
He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
Read in contextJohn 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
Read in contextJames 2:17
So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
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