God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 22:12
12Other people take bribes to murder people. You collect interest and make excessive profits. You make profits by mistreating your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Almighty Lord.
Ezekiel 22:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
- New International Version (NIV)In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
Context of Ezekiel 22:12
10Men have sex with their father’s wives. They have sex with women when the women are having their periods and are unclean. 11Men do disgusting things with their neighbors’ wives. Some men sexually dishonor their daughters-in-law. Other men who live in you have sex with their sisters, their father’s daughters. Other people take bribes to murder people. You collect interest and make excessive profits. You make profits by mistreating your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Almighty Lord. 13“ ‘I will use my power against you because of the excessive profits you have made and the murders you have committed. 14Will you still be brave? Will you remain strong when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:12 word by word
שֹׁ֥חַד לָֽקְחוּ־בָ֖ךְ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁפָךְ־דָּ֑ם נֶ֧שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּ֣ית לָקַ֗חַתְּ וַתְּבַצְּעִ֤י רֵעַ֙יִךְ֙ בַּעֹ֔שֶׁק וְאֹתִ֣י שָׁכַ֔חַתְּ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In thee have they takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- giftsשֹׁ֫חַדshachad · bribeH7810
- to shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
- bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- usuryנֶ֫שֶׁךְneshek · interestH5392
- and increaseתַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth · incrementH8636
- and thou hast greedily gainedבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
- of thy neighboursרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
- by extortionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
- and hast forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
- me, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:12
- Exodus 23:7Avoid telling lies. Don’t kill innocent or honest people, because I will never declare guilty people innocent.
- Deuteronomy 16:19Never pervert justice. Instead, be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.
- Deuteronomy 27:25“Whoever accepts money to kill an innocent person will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
- Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They don’t notice the widows’ pleas.
- Micah 7:2Faithful people are gone from the earth, and no one is decent. All people lie in ambush to commit murder. They trap each other with nets.
- Zephaniah 3:3Its officials are ⌞like⌟ roaring lions. Its judges are ⌞like⌟ wolves in the evening. They leave nothing to gnaw on for the morning.
- Ezekiel 18:8He doesn’t lend money for interest or make an excessive profit. He refuses to do evil things, and he judges everyone fairly.
- Exodus 22:25“If you lend money to my people—to any poor person among you—never act like a moneylender. Charge no interest.
- Leviticus 25:35“If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.
- Deuteronomy 23:19Never charge another Israelite any interest on money, food, or anything else that is borrowed.
- Nehemiah 5:1Then some of the people, the men and their wives, complained publicly about their Jewish relatives.
- Psalms 15:5The one who does not collect interest on a loan or take a bribe against an innocent person. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
- Proverbs 1:19This is what happens to everyone who is greedy for unjust gain. Greed takes away his life.
- Isaiah 56:11These dogs have huge appetites. They are never full. They are the shepherds, but they don’t understand. All of them have turned to go their own ways. Each one seeks his own gain.
- Luke 3:13He told them, “Don’t collect more money than you are ordered to collect.”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:12
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-12The charges against the people of Judah and their leaders came from God's law, especially from Leviticus 18–20; 25:1–55. Israel's many sins showed a failure to honor and trust the Lord and his commands. This unfaithfulness to their covenant with the Lord could lead to only one outcome: The people of Israel would face the covenant curses (Deuteronomy 8:19–20; 28:15–68).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. forgotten me--(De 32:18; Jr 2:32; 3:21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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