Ezekiel 18:2

Sin Guilt and conscience Parents and children

¹ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?

³ As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

⁴ Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

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

Compare

BSB: “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
KJV: What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
WEB: “What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
ASV: What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children`s teeth are set on edge?
DARBY: What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, [The] fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
BLB: “What [is it] to you⁺ [that] you⁺ are quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, and the teeth of the sons are set on edge’?

ÅB: Hvordan kan dere bruke dette ordspråk i Israels land: Fedrene spiser sure druer, og barnas tenner blir såre?
OTB: "Hva mener dere med å gjenta dette ordtaket om Israels land: ‘Fedrene spiser sure druer, og barnas tenner blir såre’?
B1930: Hvorledes kan I bruke dette ordsprog i Israels land: Fedrene eter sure druer, og barnas tenner blir såre?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 31:29–30
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
Read in context
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
Read in context
Ezekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Read in context
Ezekiel 37:19
you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’
Read in context
Ezekiel 37:25
They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
Read in context
Isaiah 3:15
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Read in context
Ezekiel 17:12
“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
Read in context
Matthew 23:36
Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Read in context