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The Soul Who Sins Will Die

Ezekiel 18:14

In 11 translations

BSB
Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
KJV
¶ Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
WEB
“Now, behold, if he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears, and doesn’t do likewise,
ASV
Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;
LSV
And—behold, he has begotten a son, || And he sees all the sins of his father, || That he has done, and he fears, || And does not do like them,
YLT
And — lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and he feareth, And doth not do like them,
DBY
But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like:
DRC
But if he beget a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins, which he hath done, is afraid, and shall not do the like to them:
GNV
But if he beget a sonne, that seeth all his fathers sinnes, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doeth such like,
JPS
Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
LXXE
And if he beget a son, and the son see all his father's sins which he has wrought, and fear, and not do according to them,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהִנֵּה֙ הוֹלִ֣יד בֵּ֔ן וַיַּ֕רְא אֶת־כָּל־חַטֹּ֥את אָבִ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כָּהֵֽן׃
LXX-Br
Ἐὰν δὲ γεννήσῃ υἱόν, καὶ ἴδῃ πάσας τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἃς ἐποίησε, καὶ φοβηθῇ, καὶ μὴ ποιήσῃ κατʼ αὐτὰς,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 34:21“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers…
  • Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
  • Isaiah 44:19And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest…
  • Luke 15:17–19Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death! I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned…
  • Jeremiah 9:14Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
  • Psalms 119:59–60I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies. I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
  • Ezekiel 20:18In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
  • Jeremiah 8:6I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
  • Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
  • Proverbs 17:21A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
  • Haggai 1:7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
  • Haggai 2:18Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
  • Ezekiel 18:10Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
  • Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
  • Haggai 1:5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
  • 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

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