Ezekiel 33:20

Ezekiel 33:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet 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.”

Context of Ezekiel 33:20

18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. 21And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. 22Now the hand of Yhwh was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Ezekiel 33:20 word by word

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם לֹ֥א יִתָּכֵ֖ן דֶּ֣רֶךְ אֲדֹנָ֑י אִ֧ישׁ כִּדְרָכָ֛יו אֶשְׁפּ֥וֹט אֶתְכֶ֖ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל פRead the interlinear

• Yet ye sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• The wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• is not equalתָּכַןtâkan · to measureH8505
• O ye houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• I will judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• you every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376

Cross-references for Ezekiel 33:20

• Ezekiel 33:17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
• Ezekiel 18:25Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
• Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against Yhwh.
• Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Yhwh. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
• Psalms 62:12Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
• Matthew 16:27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
• John 5:29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
• Revelation 22:12And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 33:20

• 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. 1-33Heretofore his functions had been chiefly threatening; from this point, after the evil had got to its worst in the overthrow of Jerusalem, the consolatory element preponderates. 2. to the children of thy people--whom he had been forbidden to address from Eze 24:26, 27, till Jerusalem was overthrown, and the "escaped" came with tidings of the judgment being completed. So now, in Eze 33:21, the tidings of the fact having arrived, he opens his heretofore…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 33:20

• Blasphemy
• Condescension of God
• Infidelity
• Judgment
• Scoffing
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Turn
• Equal
• Ezekiel
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Resurrection
• Salvation
• Teach; Teacher; Teaching

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