Ezekiel 18:17

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.

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.

¹⁸ As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.

¹⁹ Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
WEB: who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.
ASV: that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed mine ordinances, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
DARBY: he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, [and] walked in my statutes: he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live.
BLB: he has turned back his hand from the poor; usury and increase he has not taken, My ordinances he has done, [and] in My statutes has walked. He will not die for the iniquity of his father; he will surely live.

ÅB: ikke forgriper seg på den elendige, ikke tar rente eller overmål, men gjør etter mine lover og følger mine bud, så skal han ikke dø for sin fars misgjernings skyld, han skal få leve.
OTB: holder sin hånd fra urett, tar ingen rente eller fortjeneste, adlyder mine lover og vandrer i mine forskrifter; han skal ikke dø for sin fars misgjerning; han skal sannelig leve.
B1930: ikke forgriper sig på den elendige, ikke tar rente eller overmål, men gjør efter mine lover og følger mine bud, så skal han ikke dø for sin fars misgjernings skyld, han skal visselig få leve.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 18:8–9
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
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Matthew 18:27–35
His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.
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Jeremiah 16:11–13
Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
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Ezekiel 33:15–16
if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
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Ezekiel 18:28
Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
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Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
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Jeremiah 16:19
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
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Proverbs 29:14
A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
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