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Jeremiah 31:30

Sin

28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

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BSB
Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
KJV
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
WEB
But everyone will die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.
ASV
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
DARBY
for every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
BLB
But instead, each man will die by his iniquity; [for] every man eating the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.
ÅB
Men enhver skal dø for sin egen misgjernings skyld; hvert menneske som spiser sure druer, han skal selv få såre tenner.
OTB
"I stedet skal hver person dø for sin egen synd; den som spiser sure druer—hans egne tenner skal settes på kant."
B1930
Men enhver skal dø for sin egen misgjernings skyld; hvert menneske som eter sure druer, han skal selv få såre tenner.

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  • Ezekiel 18:20

    The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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  • Isaiah 3:11

    Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

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  • Deuteronomy 24:16

    The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

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  • Galatians 6:5

    For every man shall bear his own burden.

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  • Ezekiel 18:4

    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.

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  • Ezekiel 3:18–19

    When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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  • Ezekiel 33:18

    When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

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  • Ezekiel 33:8

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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