Ezekiel 18:18

Ezekiel 18:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
• New International Version (NIV)But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“As for his father, Because he cruelly oppressed, Robbed his brother by violence, And did what is not good among his people, Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But the father will die for his many sins—for being cruel, robbing people, and doing what was clearly wrong among his people.

Context of Ezekiel 18:18

16does not oppress anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, 17withholds his hand from iniquity, takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father's iniquity; he shall surely live. As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity. 19"Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live. 20The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Ezekiel 18:18 word by word

אָבִ֞יו כִּֽי־עָ֣שַׁק עֹ֗שֶׁק גָּזַל֙ גֵּ֣זֶל אָ֔ח וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־ט֛וֹב עָשָׂ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמָּ֑יו וְהִנֵּה־מֵ֖ת בַּעֲוֹנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• because he cruellyעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
• oppressedעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
• spoiledגָּזַלgâzal · to plunderH1497
• his brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• by violenceגֵּזֶלgêzel · violenceH1499
• and didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• not goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• his peopleעַם‛am · kinsmanH5971
• lo, even he shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in his iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:18

• Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
• Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
• John 8:21So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:18

• 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

Topics related to Ezekiel 18:18

• Children
• Malice
• Responsibility
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Cruelly
• Live
• Accountability
• Debt; Debtor
• Ezekiel
• God
• Heredity
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Resurrection
• Salvation

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