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Ezekiel 18:29

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27 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.

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?

30 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

31 Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

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BSB
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?
KJV
Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
WEB
Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?
ASV
Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
DARBY
But the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? Is it not your ways that are unequal?
BLB
And the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways not just, O house of Israel? [Is it] not your⁺ ways [that] are not just?
ÅB
Men Israels hus sier: Herrens vei er ikke rett. Er ikke mine veier rette, Israels hus? Er det ikke deres veier som ikke er rette?
OTB
Likevel sier Israels hus, ‘Herrens vei er ikke rettferdig.’ Hør, Israels hus, Er ikke mine veier rettferdige? Er det ikke deres veier som er urettferdige?
B1930
Men Israels hus sier: Herrens vei er ikke rett. Er ikke mine veier rette, Israels hus? Er det ikke eders veier som ikke er rette?

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 19:3

    A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

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  • Ezekiel 18:25

    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?

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  • Ezekiel 18:2

    “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’?

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