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Ezekiel 18:3

Justice

1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

2 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?

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

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BSB
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
KJV
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
WEB
“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.
ASV
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
DARBY
[As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.
BLB
[As] I live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, it will not be for you⁺ to quote this proverb any longer in Israel,
ÅB
Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, dere skal ikke mere bruke dette ordspråk i Israel.
OTB
Så sant jeg lever," sier Herren Gud, "dere skal ikke lenger bruke dette ordtaket i Israel.
B1930
Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, I skal ikke mere bruke dette ordsprog i Israel.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 18:19–20

    Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

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  • Ezekiel 33:11–20

    Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

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  • Ezekiel 18:30

    Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

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  • Ezekiel 36:31–32

    Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

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  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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