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Ezekiel 33:14

In 11 translations

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;that…: Heb. judgment and justice
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;
LSV
And in My saying to the wicked: You surely die, || And—he has turned back from his sin, || And has done judgment and righteousness,
YLT
And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And — he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness,
DBY
And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice;
DRC
And if I shall say to the wicked: Thou shalt surely die: and he do penance for his sin, and do judgment and justice,
GNV
Againe when I shall say vnto the wicked, thou shalt die the death, if he turne from his sinne, and doe that which is lawfull and right,
JPS
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;
LXXE
And when I say to the ungodly, Thou shalt surely die; and he shall turn from his sin, and do judgment and justice,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְאָמְרִ֥י לָֽרָשָׁ֖ע מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת וְשָׁב֙ מֵֽחַטָּאת֔וֹ וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν με τῷ ἀσεβεῖ, θανάτῳ θανατωθήσῃ, καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιήσει κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 18:27But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
  • Isaiah 55:7Let 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.
  • Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
  • Ezekiel 33:8If 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.
  • Jeremiah 18:7–8At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
  • Micah 6:8He 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?
  • Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
  • Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  • Luke 13:3–5No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in…
  • Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  • Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
  • Ezekiel 3:18–19If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for…
  • 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,
  • Ezekiel 18:21But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

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