Ezekiel 18:14
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.
Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
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.
16 He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
- KJV
- Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
- WEB
- “Now, behold, if he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears, and doesn’t do likewise,
- ASV
- Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father`s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;
- DARBY
- But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like:
- BLB
- And behold, [If] he begets a son, and he sees all the sins of his father that he has done—and he sees and does not do likewise—
- ÅB
- Men får så han igjen en sønn som ser alle de synder som hans far gjør - ser dem og ikke gjør etter dem,
- OTB
- "Anta nå at denne mannen har en sønn som ser alle de syndene som hans far har gjort; han ser, og gjør ikke likedan:
- B1930
- Men får så han igjen en sønn som ser alle de synder som hans far gjør - ser dem og ikke gjør efter dem,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 34:21
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
Read in contextProverbs 23:24
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:19
And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
Read in contextEzekiel 18:28
Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:6
I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
Read in contextProverbs 17:21
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Read in contextHaggai 2:18
Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
Read in contextMatthew 23:32
Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
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