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 a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die in it. 19When a wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live by it. Yet you say, ‘The way of Adonai is not fair!’ House of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his ways.” 21In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me saying, “The city has been struck down.” 22The hand of Adonai had been upon me in the evening, before the survivor came. He had opened my mouth by the time of his coming to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

Ezekiel 33:20 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 33:17“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of Adonai isn’t fair!’ but it is their way, theirs that is unfair.
• Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘Adonai’s way is unfair!’ Hear now, house of Israel! Is My way not fair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?
• Proverbs 19:3A man’s folly undermines his way, and his heart rages against Adonai.
• Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each one according to his ways.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Return, and turn away from all your transgressions, so they would not be a stumbling block of iniquity for you.
• Psalms 62:12Once God has spoken, twice I have heard this: might belongs to God.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14God will bring every deed into judgment, including everything that is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
• Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then ‘He will repay everyone according to his deeds.’
• John 5:29and come out! Those who have done good will come to a resurrection of life, and those who have done evil will come to a resurrection of judgment.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, so that each one may receive what is due for the things he did while in the body—whether good or bad.
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead—the great and the small—standing before the throne. The books were opened, and another book was opened—the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
• Revelation 22:12Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to pay back each one according to his deeds.

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