Ezekiel 18:22
New International Version
None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live.

New Living Translation
All their past sins will be forgotten, and they will live because of the righteous things they have done.

English Standard Version
None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.

Berean Standard Bible
None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

King James Bible
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

New King James Version
None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall live.

New American Standard Bible
All his offenses which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.

NASB 1995
“All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.

NASB 1977
“All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.

Legacy Standard Bible
All his transgressions which he has done will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has done, he will live.

Amplified Bible
All of his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced [for his moral and spiritual integrity in every area and relationship], he will live.

Christian Standard Bible
None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. He will live because of the righteousness he has practiced.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. He will live because of the righteousness he has practiced.

American Standard Version
None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

Contemporary English Version
All their sins will be forgiven, and they will live because they did right.

English Revised Version
None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All the rebellious things that he did will not be remembered. He will live because of the right things that he did.

Good News Translation
All his sins will be forgiven, and he will live, because he did what is right.

International Standard Version
None of the transgressions that he had committed will be held against him. Because of the righteous deeds that he had done, he'll live.

Majority Standard Bible
None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

NET Bible
None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

New Heart English Bible
None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

Webster's Bible Translation
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned to him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

World English Bible
None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
All his transgressions that he has done "" Are not remembered to him, "" In his righteousness that he has done he lives.

Young's Literal Translation
All his transgressions that he hath done Are not remembered to him, In his righteousness that he hath done he liveth.

Smith's Literal Translation
All his transgressions which he did shall not be remembered to him: in his justice which he did he shall live.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I will not remember all his iniquities, which he has worked; by his justice, which he has worked, he shall live.

New American Bible
None of the crimes he has committed shall be remembered against him; he shall live because of the justice he has shown.

New Revised Standard Version
None of the transgressions that they have committed shall be remembered against them; for the righteousness that they have done they shall live.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
All his sins which he has committed, they shall not be remembered against him; but in the righteousness which he has done shall he live.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And all his sins that he did will not be remembered against him, but in the righteousness that he did, he shall live
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him; for his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
None of his trespasses which he has committed shall be remembers: in his righteousness which he has done he shall live.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Soul who Sins will Die
21But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. 22None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live. 23Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?…

Cross References
Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Jeremiah 31:34
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Hebrews 8:12
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 32:1-2
Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. / Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Hebrews 10:17
Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

Colossians 2:13-14
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, / having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

Romans 4:7-8
“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered. / Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”


Treasury of Scripture

All his transgressions that he has committed, they shall not be mentioned to him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

his transgressions

Ezekiel 18:24
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Ezekiel 33:16
None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

1 Kings 17:18
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

in his

2 Chronicles 6:23
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

Psalm 18:20-24
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me…

Psalm 19:11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

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Ezekiel 18
1. God defends his justice
31. and exhorts to repentance














None of the transgressions he has committed
This phrase emphasizes the complete forgiveness and removal of past sins. The Hebrew word for "transgressions" is "פשע" (pesha), which refers to rebellion or willful sin. In the context of ancient Israel, transgressions were serious breaches of the covenant with God. The radical nature of this forgiveness highlights God's grace and mercy, offering a fresh start to those who repent. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's willingness to forgive and restore those who turn back to Him, as seen throughout the Old and New Testaments.

will be held against him
The Hebrew root here is "זכר" (zakar), meaning to remember or call to mind. In a legal sense, it implies that these sins will not be brought up or used against the individual in judgment. This is a powerful assurance of divine pardon, illustrating that God’s forgiveness is not partial or temporary but complete and enduring. It aligns with the New Testament teaching in Hebrews 8:12, where God promises to remember sins no more.

Because of the righteousness he has practiced
The word "righteousness" is derived from the Hebrew "צדקה" (tsedaqah), which encompasses justice, rightness, and ethical conduct. This righteousness is not merely a passive state but involves active practice, indicating a lifestyle change and commitment to God's ways. The historical context of Ezekiel's audience, who were in exile due to their collective disobedience, underscores the call to individual responsibility and transformation. This anticipates the New Testament emphasis on living out one's faith through righteous deeds, as seen in James 2:17.

he will live
The promise of life here is both physical and spiritual. In the Hebrew context, "חיה" (chayah) means to live or to have life, often implying a life of blessing and peace under God's favor. This assurance of life contrasts with the death that sin brings, as outlined in Ezekiel 18:4. It points to the ultimate hope of eternal life found in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who offers life abundantly (John 10:10). This promise of life is a central theme in Scripture, affirming that true life is found in a restored relationship with God.

(22) Shall not be mentioned unto him.--A strong way of expressing the completeness of the Divine forgiveness. Here, again, at first sight, there seems to be an inconsistency between the Divine promise and the actual facts of the world. The penitent and forgiven sinner is continually seen to suffer through life from the consequences of his sin, as David's whole reign was overclouded with trouble and sorrow after his great sin in the matter of Bathsheba and Uriah. But here also it is the natural law continuing to work in subservience to a higher moral law. The natural consequences of any acts are not changed, or are only partially modified, by the subsequent moral state of him who has done them; but that moral state determines whether those consequences, however painful they may be in themselves, shall or shall not be really for his own highest gain. The absoluteness of the Divine forgiveness is seen by us, under the Christian dispensation, to be a necessary result of the ground on which it rests--the atonement of Christ. If the believer is truly united to Him by faith, he is a new creature (2Corinthians 5:17), and is looked upon no longer as a sinful son of Adam, but, as he is in reality, a member of the beloved and only-begotten Son of God. Hence his forgiveness must be complete, for his sins are atoned for, covered up, hidden from God's sight.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
None
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

of the transgressions
פְּשָׁעָיו֙ (pə·šā·‘āw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6588: Transgression

he has committed
עָשָׂ֔ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

will be held against him.
יִזָּכְר֖וּ (yiz·zā·ḵə·rū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

Because of the righteousness
בְּצִדְקָת֥וֹ (bə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

he has practiced,
עָשָׂ֖ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

he will live.
יִֽחְיֶֽה׃ (yiḥ·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive


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