Ezekiel 18:27

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²⁵ Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

²⁶ If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

²⁸ Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

²⁹ Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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

Compare

BSB: But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
KJV: Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
WEB: Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.
ASV: Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
DARBY: And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall keep his soul alive.
BLB: And in the turning away of the wicked from the wickedness that he has done, when he does justice and righteousness, he will keep alive his soul.

ÅB: Og når en ugudelig vender om fra sin ugudelige ferd og gjør rett og rettferdighet, da skal han berge sitt liv.
OTB: Når en ugudelig person vender seg bort fra sin ugudelighet og gjør det som er rett og rettferdig, skal han redde sitt liv.
B1930: Og når en ugudelig vender om fra sin ugudelige ferd og gjør rett og rettferdighet, da skal han berge sitt liv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
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Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
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Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
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Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
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Acts 20:21
testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Acts 2:40
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
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Ezekiel 33:5
Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
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