Ezekiel 18:10

Ezekiel 18:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
• New International Version (NIV)“Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If he begets a son who is a robber Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these things

Context of Ezekiel 18:10

8if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man, 9if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully--he is righteous and will surely live,” declares the Lord God. “Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother 11(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife, 12oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,

Ezekiel 18:10 word by word

וְהוֹלִ֥יד בֵּן־פָּרִ֖יץ שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ דָּ֑ם וְעָ֣שָׂה אָ֔ח מֵאַחַ֖ד מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

• haveיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• a violentפָּרִיץperîyts · violentH6530
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• who shedsשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• and who doesעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• anyמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• anyאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• to a brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251

Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:10

• Leviticus 19:13‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.
• Malachi 3:8“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
• John 18:40So they cried out again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.
• Exodus 22:2“If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.
• Genesis 9:5Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
• Exodus 21:12“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:31Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
• 1 John 3:12not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10If he beget a son - Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Live … die - In the writings of Ezekiel there is a development of the meaning of “life” and “death.” In the holy land the sanctions of divine government were in great degree temporal; so that the promise of “life” for “obedience,” the threatening of “death” for “disobedience,” in the Books of Moses, were regarded simply as temporal and national. In their exile this could not continue in its full extent, and the universality of the misfortune…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-13If the son of a righteous man (a man who lives in a right way before God) does not follow God’s ways or his father’s example, he is responsible for his own sin. If his life is completely different from what his father believed and practiced, he will bear his own guilt. He will face God’s judgment for his own actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. The second case is that of an impious son of a pious father. His pious parentage, so far from excusing, aggravates his guilt. robber--or literally, "a breaker," namely, through all constraints of right. doeth the like to any one--The Hebrew and the parallel (Eze 18:18) require us to translate rather, "doeth to his brother any of these things," namely, the things which follow in Eze 18:11, &c. [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 18:10

• Children
• Death
• Responsibility
• Robbery
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Cruelly
• Live
• Accountability
• Ezekiel
• God
• Heredity
• Like; Liken; Likeness; Liking
• 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