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Ezekiel 18:5
5“Suppose a man is just and does what is lawful and right:
Ezekiel 18:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
- New International Version (NIV)“Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If a man is righteous and does what is just and right—
- New King James Version (NKJV)But if a man is just And does what is lawful and right;
Context of Ezekiel 18:5
3As I live”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“you will never again use this proverb in Israel. 4Behold, every living soul is Mine—the soul of father as well as the soul of son—both are Mine. Behold, the soul who sins is the one who will die. “Suppose a man is just and does what is lawful and right: 6He has not eaten at mountain shrines or lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel. He has not defiled his neighbor’s wife or come near to a woman during niddah . 7He does not wrong anyone, returns his pledge for a debt, does not commit robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment.
Read all of Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 18:5 word by word
וְאִ֖ישׁ כִּי־יִהְיֶ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:5
- Psalms 15:2The one who walks with integrity, who does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart,
- Psalms 24:4One with clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.
- Matthew 7:21“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
- Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good are seeking glory, honor, and immortality—eternal life.
- James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.
- James 2:14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? Can such faith save him?
- 1 John 2:3Now we know that we have come to know Him by this—if we keep His commandments.
- 1 John 3:7Children, let no one mislead you! The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Yeshua is righteous.
- 1 John 5:2We know that we love God’s children by this—when we love God and obey His commandments.
- Revelation 22:14How fortunate are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter through the gates into the city.
- Ezekiel 33:14When I say to the wicked, “You will surely die,” yet he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
- Genesis 18:19For I have made myself known to him so that he will command his sons and his household after him to keep the way of Adonai by doing righteousness and justice, so that Adonai may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
- Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Adonai than sacrifice.
- Jeremiah 22:15Did you become king just to be striving with cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it went well with him.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right - If he be just or holy within, and do what is according to law and equity. What is meant by this, is immediately specified.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9God's justice is shown through a case study of three imagined generations. In the first generation, a righteous man faithfully worships the Lord, stays sexually pure, and treats others fairly. A person who lives this way does not need to fear God's judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-95. Here begins the illustration of God's impartiality in a series of supposed cases. The first case is given in Eze 18:5-9, the just man. The excellencies are selected in reference to the prevailing sins of the age, from which such a one stood aloof; hence arises the omission of some features of righteousness, which, under different circumstances, would have been desirable to be enumerated. Each age has its own besetting temptations, and the just man will…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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