New King James Version
Ezekiel 18:10
10“If he begets a son who is a robber Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these 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,
- 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 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
8If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment between man and man; 9If he has walked in My statutes And kept My judgments faithfully— He is just; He shall surely live!” Says the Lord God. “If he begets a son who is a robber Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these things 11And does none of those duties, But has eaten on the mountains Or defiled his neighbor’s wife; 12If he has oppressed the poor and needy, Robbed by violence, Not restored the pledge, Lifted his eyes to the idols, Or committed abomination;
Read all of Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 18:10 word by word
וְהוֹלִ֥יד בֵּן־פָּרִ֖יץ שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ דָּ֑ם וְעָ֣שָׂה אָ֔ח מֵאַחַ֖ד מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:10
- Leviticus 19:13‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.
- Malachi 3:8“Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
- John 18:40Then they all cried again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
- Exodus 22:2If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed.
- Genesis 9:5Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of 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 take no 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 wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s 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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