Ezekiel 18:3
What does Ezekiel 18:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 18:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By my life, says the Lord, you will no longer have this saying in Israel.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Ye have no more the use of this simile in Israel.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As I live, saith the Lord God, this parable shall be no more to you a proverb in Israel.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890[As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Context
v.2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
v.3This passage
v.4Behold, 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Ezekiel 18:19
Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
- Ezekiel 36:31
Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
- Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
- Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
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