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Ezekiel 18:14
14But this wicked man might have a son himself. The son sees all the sins that his father has done. He thinks about them. Then he decides that he will not live as his father has lived.
Ezekiel 18:14 in other versions
- King James Version (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,
- New International Version (NIV)“But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise:
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If, however, he begets a son Who sees all the sins which his father has done, And considers but does not do likewise;
Context of Ezekiel 18:14
12He might be cruel to people who are poor and weak. He might take things that belong to other people. He might not give back things that he took as a guarantee. He prays to idols. He does disgusting things. 13When he lends money to people, he wants them to pay back a lot more money to him. A man like that will not continue to live! He will certainly die, because he himself has done all these disgusting things. He is guilty, so he himself must die as his punishment. But this wicked man might have a son himself. The son sees all the sins that his father has done. He thinks about them. Then he decides that he will not live as his father has lived. 15He does not go up the mountains to eat the food of idols. He does not pray to the idols that other Israelites worship. He does not have sex with another man's wife. 16He is not cruel to anyone. He does not keep anything that he has taken from someone as a guarantee. He does not rob other people. But he gives food to hungry people. He gives clothes to poor people.
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וְהִנֵּה֙ הוֹלִ֣יד בֵּ֔ן וַיַּ֕רְא אֶת־כָּל־חַטֹּ֥את אָבִ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כָּהֵֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:14
- Ezekiel 18:10But that man may have a son who is cruel and violent. He may kill other people. He may do those bad things that his father never did.
- Proverbs 17:21To have a foolish son makes parents sad. The father of a fool is never happy.
- Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous person will be very happy. He will be proud of a wise child.
- Ezekiel 20:18I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not live in the bad way that your fathers did. Do not obey their rules. Do not worship their idols and make yourselves unclean.
- 2 Chronicles 29:3In the first month of the year that Hezekiah became king, he opened the doors of the Lord's temple. He repaired the doors.
- 2 Chronicles 34:21He told them, ‘Go to the temple. Ask the Lord about the message in this book that Hilkiah has found. I need to know what I should do, as well as the people who still live in Judah and in Israel. The Lord has become very angry with us because our ancestors have not obeyed his message. They have not done the things that this book tells us that we should do.’
- Jeremiah 9:14Instead, they have done whatever they wanted to do. They have served the gods of Baal, as their ancestors taught them to do.’
- Jeremiah 44:17So we will continue to do what we have promised to do. We will make sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven. We will pour out drink offerings to her. That is what our ancestors, our kings and our leaders did when we lived in Jerusalem and in the other towns of Judah. When we did that, we had plenty of food to eat. We enjoyed a good life and we had no troubles.
- Matthew 23:32Now you must finish the work that your ancestors began to do!
- 1 Peter 1:18Your ancestors lived in a way that did not make them really happy. That is the way that you learned to live as well. But now God has saved you from that way of life. You know that he has bought you for himself. He did not buy you with things that do not continue for ever, like silver or gold.
- Ezekiel 18:28That wicked person realized that he was doing bad things. So he turned away from his sins. Because of that he will certainly continue to live. He will not die.
- Psalms 119:59I have thought about the way that I live. I have decided to return to your teaching.
- Isaiah 44:19None of them think carefully about what they are doing. They do not say to themselves, ‘I burned half of the wood in the fire. I even baked bread and I cooked meat on it. It gave me food to eat. Then I used the rest of the wood to make a useless idol! I took a piece of wood and I worshipped it! Why did I do that?’
- Jeremiah 8:6I have listened carefully to them, but they do not say what is right. They are not sorry for the wicked things that they have done. None of them say, “I have done something wrong.” They all continue to do what they want to do. They are like horses that are running into a battle.
- Hosea 7:2They do not understand that I remember all their sins. The wicked things that they do are everywhere. Wherever they go, I see their sins very clearly.
- Haggai 1:5I, the Almighty Lord, tell you this: Think carefully about what is happening to you.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Now, lo, if he beget a son that seeth all his father's sins - and considereth - Lays to heart the evil of his father's life, and the dreadful consequences of a life of rebellion against God. And doeth not such like - Is quite a different man in moral feeling and character; and acts up to the thirteen points already laid down.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-18The righteous son of an evil man will surely live. God will judge each person individually.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. The third case: a son who walks not in the steps of an unrighteous father, but in the ways of God; for example, Josiah, the pious son of guilty Amon; Hezekiah, of Ahaz (2Ki 16:1-20; 18:1-37; 21:1-22:20). seeth ... and considereth--The same Hebrew stands for both verbs, "seeth ... yea, seeth." The repetition implies the attentive observation needed, in order that the son may not be led astray by his father's bad example; as sons generally are blind…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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