Ezekiel 33:14

12 Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

13 If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—

15 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.

16 None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

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

Compare

BSB
But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
KJV
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
WEB
Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die,” if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right,
ASV
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
DARBY
And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice;
BLB
And in My saying to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right,
ÅB
Og når jeg sier til den ugudelige: Du skal dø, og han vender om fra sin synd og gjør rett og rettferdighet,
OTB
Men når jeg sier til den ugudelige: 'Du skal visselig dø,' og han vender seg bort fra sin synd og gjør det som er rett og rettferdig—
B1930
Og når jeg sier til den ugudelige: Du skal visselig dø, og han vender om fra sin synd og gjør rett og rettferdighet,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 18:27

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

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  • Jeremiah 18:7–8

    At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

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  • Ezekiel 33:8

    If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

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  • Hosea 14:1

    Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

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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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  • Micah 6:8

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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  • Proverbs 28:13

    He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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  • Jeremiah 4:1

    “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,

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