God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 18:5
5“Suppose a righteous person does what is fair and right.
Ezekiel 18:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
- New International Version (NIV)“Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If a man is righteous and does what is just and right—
- New King James Version (NKJV)But if a man is just And does what is lawful and right;
Context of Ezekiel 18:5
3As I live, declares the Almighty Lord, you will no longer use this proverb in Israel. 4The life of every person belongs to me. Fathers and their children belong to me. The person who sins will die. “Suppose a righteous person does what is fair and right. 6He doesn’t eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He doesn’t dishonor his neighbor’s wife or have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is having her period. 7He doesn’t oppress anyone. He returns what a borrower gives him as security for a loan. He doesn’t rob anyone. He gives food to people who are hungry, and he gives clothes to those who are naked.
Read all of Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 18:5 word by word
וְאִ֖ישׁ כִּי־יִהְיֶ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:5
- Psalms 15:2The one who walks with integrity, does what is righteous, and speaks the truth within his heart.
- Psalms 24:4⌞The one who⌟ has clean hands and a pure heart and does not long for what is false or lie when he is under oath.
- Matthew 7:21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the person who does what my Father in heaven wants.
- Romans 2:7He will give everlasting life to those who search for glory, honor, and immortality by persisting in doing what is good. But he will bring
- James 1:22Do what God’s word says. Don’t merely listen to it, or you will fool yourselves.
- James 2:14My brothers and sisters, what good does it do if someone claims to have faith but doesn’t do any good things? Can this kind of faith save him?
- 1 John 2:3We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments.
- 1 John 3:7Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you. Whoever does what God approves of has God’s approval as Christ has God’s approval.
- 1 John 5:2We know that we love God’s children when we love God by obeying his commandments.
- Revelation 22:14“Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.
- Ezekiel 33:14I may warn the wicked person that he will certainly die. But suppose he turns from his sin and does what is fair and right.
- Genesis 18:19I have chosen him so that he will direct his children and his family after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. In this way I, the Lord, will do what I have promised Abraham.”
- Proverbs 21:3Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to the Lord than offering a sacrifice.
- Jeremiah 22:15Do you think you’re a better king than others because you use more cedar? Your father ate and drank and did what is fair and right. Everything went well for him.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right - If he be just or holy within, and do what is according to law and equity. What is meant by this, is immediately specified.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9God's justice is shown through a case study of three imagined generations. In the first generation, a righteous man faithfully worships the Lord, stays sexually pure, and treats others fairly. A person who lives this way does not need to fear God's judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-95. Here begins the illustration of God's impartiality in a series of supposed cases. The first case is given in Eze 18:5-9, the just man. The excellencies are selected in reference to the prevailing sins of the age, from which such a one stood aloof; hence arises the omission of some features of righteousness, which, under different circumstances, would have been desirable to be enumerated. Each age has its own besetting temptations, and the just man will…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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