New King James Version
Ezekiel 33:17
17“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!
Ezekiel 33:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
- New International Version (NIV)“Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Your people are saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right,’ but it is they who are not doing what’s right.
Context of Ezekiel 33:17
15if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live. “Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair! 18When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. 19But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.
Read all of Ezekiel 33Ezekiel 33:17 word by word
וְאָמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמְּךָ֔ לֹ֥א יִתָּכֵ֖ן דֶּ֣רֶךְ אֲדֹנָ֑י וְהֵ֖מָּה דַּרְכָּ֥ם לֹֽא־יִתָּכֵֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 33:17
- Ezekiel 33:20Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.”
- Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
- Job 40:8“Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
- Matthew 25:24“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
- Luke 19:21For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’
Commentaries on Ezekiel 33:17
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 Those who despaired of finding mercy with God, are answered with a solemn declaration of God's readiness to show mercy. The ruin of the city and state was determined, but that did not relate to the final state of persons. God says to the righteous, that he shall surely live. But many who have made profession, have been ruined by proud confidence in themselves. Man trusts to his own righteousness, and presuming on his own sufficiency, he is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-20The way of the Lord is not just: People thought it was wrong for God to use Babylon to destroy Jerusalem. The Lord quickly corrected this idea (Ezekiel 33:18). their way that is not just: The people's mistake was refusing to repent and accusing God of being unjust. I will judge each of you according to his ways: The Lord's judgment is never random but matches their sins. If they repent, trust the Lord for salvation, and act justly and rightly, they have…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. The way of the Lord--The Lord's way of dealing in His moral government.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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