Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people. New Living Translation But the father will die for his many sins—for being cruel, robbing people, and doing what was clearly wrong among his people. English Standard Version As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity. Berean Standard Bible As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people. King James Bible As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. New King James Version “As for his father, Because he cruelly oppressed, Robbed his brother by violence, And did what is not good among his people, Behold, he shall die for his iniquity. New American Standard Bible As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his guilt. NASB 1995 “As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity. NASB 1977 “As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity. Legacy Standard Bible As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity. Amplified Bible As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his sin. Christian Standard Bible “As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity because he practiced fraud, robbed his brother, and did among his people what was not good. Holman Christian Standard Bible As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity because he practiced fraud, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people. American Standard Version As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity. Contemporary English Version It is his father who will die for cheating and robbing and doing evil. English Revised Version As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity. GOD'S WORD® Translation But his father has oppressed others, robbed his relative, and done what is wrong among his people. So the father will die because of his sin. Good News Translation His father, on the other hand, cheated and robbed and always did evil to everyone. And so he died because of the sins he himself had committed. International Standard Version As for his father, watch out! If he wrongfully oppressed or robbed his brother and did what wasn't good among his people, he'll die because of his own sin." Majority Standard Bible As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people. NET Bible As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity. New Heart English Bible As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, look, he shall die in his iniquity. Webster's Bible Translation As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, stripped his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. World English Bible As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he will die in his iniquity. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHis father—because he used oppression, "" Violently plundered a brother, "" And did that which [is] not good in the midst of his people, "" And behold, he is dying in his iniquity. Young's Literal Translation His father -- because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which is not good did in the midst of his people, And lo, he is dying in his iniquity. Smith's Literal Translation His father because oppressing, he oppressed, stripping off, he stripped off the brother, and he did not good in the midst of my people, and behold him dying in his iniquity. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAs for his father, because he oppressed and offered violence to his brother, and wrought evil in the midst of his people, behold he is dead in his own iniquity. Catholic Public Domain Version As for his father, because he oppressed and did violence to his brother, and worked evil in the midst of his people, behold, he has died by his own iniquity. New American Bible Only the father, since he committed extortion and robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people—he will die because of his sin! New Revised Standard Version As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, he dies for his iniquity. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAs for his father, because he cruelly oppressed and extorted from his brother and did nothing that is good among his people, lo, he is dead in his own sins. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But his father, because he oppressed with oppression and was fraudulent with fraud to his brother, and he did nothing that is beautiful for his people, he dies in his sins OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, committed robbery on his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he dieth for his iniquity. Brenton Septuagint Translation But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Proverb about Israel…17He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live. 18As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people. Cross References Jeremiah 31:29-30 “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ / Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge. Deuteronomy 24:16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin. 2 Kings 14:6 Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.” 2 Chronicles 25:4 Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.” Romans 2:6-9 God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” / To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. / But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. ... Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Proverbs 11:21 Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape. Proverbs 13:21 Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous. Jeremiah 32:18-19 You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts, / the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done. Romans 14:12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. 1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners. Revelation 20:12-13 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Job 21:19-21 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it. / Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty. / For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. Treasury of Scripture As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, see, even he shall die in his iniquity. even Ezekiel 18:4,20,24,26 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die… Ezekiel 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. Jump to Previous Committed Cruel Cruelly Death Die Dieth Dying Evil-Doing Extortion Force Good Goods Iniquity Lo Oppressed Oppression Overtake Plunder Practiced Practised Robbed Robbery Sin Spoiled Stripped Used Violence Violently WrongJump to Next Committed Cruel Cruelly Death Die Dieth Dying Evil-Doing Extortion Force Good Goods Iniquity Lo Oppressed Oppression Overtake Plunder Practiced Practised Robbed Robbery Sin Spoiled Stripped Used Violence Violently WrongEzekiel 18 1. God defends his justice31. and exhorts to repentance As for his father This phrase introduces the subject of the verse, focusing on the generational aspect of sin and responsibility. In the Hebrew context, the term for "father" (אָב, 'av) often signifies not just a biological parent but an ancestor or a patriarchal figure. The emphasis here is on personal accountability, a recurring theme in Ezekiel, where each individual is responsible for their own actions, regardless of their lineage. he will die for his own iniquity because he practiced extortion robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people This third case was especially adapted to the prophet's purpose of refuting the proverb, because here was the father who had "eaten sour grapes," and his son's teeth were not to be set on edge. Verse 18. - The reappearance of the father, with the same emphatic "lo!" seems to imply that Ezekiel thought of the two phenomena as possibly contemporaneous. Men might see before them, at the same time, the father dying in his sins, and the son turning from them and gaining the true life.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As for his father,אָבִ֞יו (’ā·ḇîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father he will die מֵ֖ת (mêṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill for his own iniquity, בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ׃ (ba·‘ă·wō·nōw) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction he practiced עָ֣שַׁק (‘ā·šaq) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow extortion, עֹ֗שֶׁק (‘ō·šeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6233: Injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain robbed גָּזַל֙ (gā·zal) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob his brother, אָ֔ח (’āḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) and did עָשָׂ֖ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make what וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that was wrong לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no among בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre his people. עַמָּ֑יו (‘am·māw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Ezekiel 18:18 NIVEzekiel 18:18 NLT Ezekiel 18:18 ESV Ezekiel 18:18 NASB Ezekiel 18:18 KJV Ezekiel 18:18 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 18:18 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 18:18 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 18:18 French Bible Ezekiel 18:18 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 18:18 As for his father because he cruelly (Ezek. 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