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Ezekiel 18:13
13loaned with interest and taken unjust gain. Will he then live? He will not live! He has done all these detestable things. He will surely be put to death and his blood will be on him.
Ezekiel 18:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
- New International Version (NIV)He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.
- English Standard Version (ESV)lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If he has exacted usury Or taken increase— Shall he then live? He shall not live! If he has done any of these abominations, He shall surely die; His blood shall be upon him.
Context of Ezekiel 18:13
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, loaned with interest and taken unjust gain. Will he then live? He will not live! He has done all these detestable things. He will surely be put to death and his blood will be on him. 14“Now behold, suppose he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins that he committed, and observing, does not do likewise. 15He does not eat at mountain shrines, or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife,
Read all of Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 18:13 word by word
בַּנֶּ֧שֶׁךְ נָתַ֛ן וְתַרְבִּ֥ית לָקַ֖ח וָחָ֑י לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶ֗ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַתּוֹעֵב֤וֹת הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ עָשָׂ֔ה מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֔ת דָּמָ֖יו בּ֥וֹ יִהְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Hath given forthנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- upon usuryנֶ֫שֶׁךְneshek · interestH5392
- and hath takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- increaseתַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth · incrementH8636
- shall he then liveחָיַיchâyay · to liveH2425
- he shall not liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- he hath doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- all these abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
- he shall surelyמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
- his bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:13
- Ezekiel 18:8He does not loan with interest or take unjust gain. He keeps his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between people,
- Ezekiel 18:24But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity and does according to all the detestable acts that the wicked man does, will he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered; for his trespass that he trespassed and for his sin that he has sinned, for them he will die.
- Ezekiel 3:18When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak to warn the wicked of his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked person will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood from your hand.
- Ezekiel 33:4then whoever hears the sound of the shofar but ignores the warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
- Leviticus 20:9“Any man who curses his father or his mother should surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, and his blood should be on him.
- Acts 18:6But when they resisted and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said, “Your blood be upon your own heads—I am clean! From now on, I will go to the Gentiles.”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Shall he then live? - Because his father was a righteous man, shall the father's holiness be imputed to him? No! He shad surely die; his blood shall be upon him - He shall suffer for his own crimes.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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