Ezekiel 18:17

Ezekiel 18:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
• New International Version (NIV)He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor and takes no interest or profit from them. He keeps my laws and follows my decrees. He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live.
• English Standard Version (ESV)withholds 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who has withdrawn his hand from the poor And not received usury or increase, But has executed My judgments And walked in My statutes— He shall not die for the iniquity of his father; He shall surely live!

Context of Ezekiel 18:17

15He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife, 16or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, he keeps his hand from the poor, does not take interest or increase, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live. 18As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity. 19“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live.

Ezekiel 18:17 word by word

מֵעָנִ֞י הֵשִׁ֣יב יָד֗וֹ נֶ֤שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּית֙ לֹ֣א לָקָ֔ח מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י עָשָׂ֔ה בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖י הָלָ֑ךְ ה֗וּא לֹ֥א יָמ֛וּת בַּעֲוֹ֥ן אָבִ֖יו חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• he keepsשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• the poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• does not takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• interestנֶ֫שֶׁךְneshek · interestH5392
• or increaseתַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth · incrementH8636
• executesעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• My ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• and walksהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• in My statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• he will not dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• for his father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:17

• Ezekiel 18:8if 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,
• Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.
• Proverbs 14:31He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
• Proverbs 29:7The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, The wicked does not understand such concern.
• Jeremiah 22:16He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?” Declares the Lord.
• Daniel 4:27Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
• Matthew 18:27And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt.
• Luke 19:8Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”
• Leviticus 18:4You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the Lord your God.
• Ezekiel 18:19“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live.
• Ezekiel 20:18“I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
• Jeremiah 16:11Then you are to say to them, ‘It is because your forefathers have forsaken Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed other gods and served them and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken and have not kept My law.
• Malachi 3:7“From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
• Matthew 23:29“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
• Ezekiel 18:9if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully--he is righteous and will surely live,” declares the Lord God.
• Ezekiel 3:21However, if you have warned the righteous man that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17He shall not die for the iniquity of his father - He shall no more be affected by his father's crimes, than his father was benefited by his grandfather's righteousness.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

Topics related to Ezekiel 18:17

• Children
• Interest
• Poor
• Responsibility
• Usury
• Wicked (People)

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• Cruelly
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• Live
• Accountability
• Ezekiel
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• Heredity
• Interest
• Poor
• Prophecy; Prophets

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