Ezekiel 18:10

What does Ezekiel 18:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 18:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And--he hath begotten a son, A burglar--a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And if he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that hath done some one of these things:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these [things],

Context

v.9hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

v.10This passage

v.11and that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 9:5

    And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

  • Malachi 3:8

    Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

  • Leviticus 19:13

    Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

  • Exodus 21:12

    He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

  • Numbers 35:31

    Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Exodus 22:2

    If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

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