Ezekiel 18:15
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.
14 Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
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.
17 He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife,
- WEB
- who hasn’t eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,
- ASV
- that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor`s wife,
- DARBY
- he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
- BLB
- on the mountains he has not eaten; and his eyes he has not lifted to the idols of the house of Israel; the wife of his neighbor he has not defiled,
- ÅB
- som ikke spiser [avgudsoffer] på fjellene og ikke løfter sine øyne til Israels folks avguder, ikke krenker sin nestes hustru,
- OTB
- han spiser ikke ved fjellhelligdommene eller løfter sine øyne til Israels hus’ avguder, gjør ikke sin nabos hustru uren,
- B1930
- som ikke eter [avgudsoffer] på fjellene og ikke løfter sine øine til Israels folks avguder, ikke krenker sin næstes hustru,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 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 contextEzekiel 18:11–13
though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.
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