New English Translation
Ezekiel 18:14
14“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.
Ezekiel 18:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
- New International Version (NIV)“But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise:
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If, however, he begets a son Who sees all the sins which his father has done, And considers but does not do likewise;
Context of Ezekiel 18:14
12oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts, 13engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death. “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. 15He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, 16does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,
Read all of Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 18:14 word by word
וְהִנֵּה֙ הוֹלִ֣יד בֵּ֔ן וַיַּ֕רְא אֶת־כָּל־חַטֹּ֥את אָבִ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כָּהֵֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:14
- Ezekiel 18:10“Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously
- Proverbs 17:21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.
- Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.
- Ezekiel 20:18“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
- 2 Chronicles 29:3In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:21“Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!”
- Jeremiah 9:14Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.
- Jeremiah 44:17Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
- Matthew 23:32Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!
- 1 Peter 1:18You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Psalms 119:59I consider my actions and follow your rules.
- Isaiah 44:19No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: ‘I burned half of it in the fire – yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’
- Jeremiah 8:6I have listened to them very carefully, but they do not speak honestly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, “I have done wrong!” All of them persist in their own wayward course like a horse charging recklessly into battle.
- Hosea 7:2They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
- Haggai 1:5Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Think carefully about what you are doing.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Now, lo, if he beget a son that seeth all his father's sins - and considereth - Lays to heart the evil of his father's life, and the dreadful consequences of a life of rebellion against God. And doeth not such like - Is quite a different man in moral feeling and character; and acts up to the thirteen points already laid down.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
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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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