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Ezekiel 18:10
10“Now suppose he fathers a son who is violent, who sheds blood and does any of these things to a brother
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 King James Version (NKJV)“If he begets a son who is a robber Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these things
Context of Ezekiel 18:10
8He does not loan with interest or take unjust gain. He keeps his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between people, 9walks in My laws and keeps My statutes, behaving honestly. Such a person is just—he will surely live.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Now suppose he fathers a son who is violent, who sheds blood and does any of these things to a brother 11(though the father himself does none of these things). He has even eaten at mountain shrines, defiled his neighbor’s wife, 12wronged the poor and needy, taken by robbery, not restored the pledge, lifted up his eyes to the idols, 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 are not to oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant are not to remain with you all night until the morning.
- Malachi 3:8“Will a man rob God? For you are robbing Me!” But you say: “How have we robbed You?” “In the tithe and the offering.
- John 18:40They shouted back, “Not this One, but Bar-Abba!” Now Bar-Abba was a revolutionary.
- Exodus 22:2But if the sun has risen, there is bloodguilt, and he is to make full restitution. If he has nothing, then he must be sold for his theft.
- Genesis 9:5Surely your lifeblood will I avenge. From every animal and from every person will I avenge it. From every person’s brother will I avenge that person’s life.
- Exodus 21:12“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies must surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:31“You are not to accept ransom for the life of a murderer. He deserves to die and he is to die.
- 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, while 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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