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Ezekiel 33:18

In 11 translations

BSB
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
KJV
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
WEB
When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein.
ASV
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.
LSV
In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, || And he has done perversity—he dies for it.
YLT
In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity — he dieth for it.
DBY
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.
DRC
For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them.
GNV
When the righteous turneth from his righteousnesse, and committeth iniquitie, he shall euen die thereby.
JPS
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
LXXE
When the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and shall commit iniquities, then shall he die in them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּשׁוּב־צַדִּ֥יק מִצִּדְקָת֖וֹ וְעָ֣שָׂה עָ֑וֶל וּמֵ֖ת בָּהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἐν τῷ ἀποστρέψαι δίκαιον ἀπὸ τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιήσει ἀνομίας, καὶ ἀποθανεῖται ἐν αὐταῖς.

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  • Ezekiel 33:12–13Therefore, 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…
  • Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
  • 2 Peter 2:20–22If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. It…
  • Ezekiel 18:26–27If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed. But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and…
  • Ezekiel 3:20Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be…

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