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Ezekiel 18:10
10“Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things
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,
- 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
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But suppose that man has a son who grows up to be a robber or murderer and refuses to do what is right.
Context of Ezekiel 18:10
8He does not lend to them at interest or take a profit from them. He withholds his hand from doing wrong and judges fairly between two parties. 9He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord. “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things 11(though the father has done none of them): “He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbor’s wife. 12He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things.
Read all of Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 18:10 word by word
וְהוֹלִ֥יד בֵּן־פָּרִ֖יץ שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ דָּ֑ם וְעָ֣שָׂה אָ֔ח מֵאַחַ֖ד מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:10
- Leviticus 19:13“ ‘Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “ ‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.
- Malachi 3:8“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings.
- John 18:40They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.
- Exodus 22:2“If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;
- Genesis 9:5And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
- Exodus 21:12“Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.
- Numbers 35:31“ ‘Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.
- 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions 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
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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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