Ezekiel 18:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”
Ezekiel 18:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 18:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 18:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord Yahweh, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?”
Ezekiel 18:23 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 18:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live? ”
Ezekiel 18:23 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 18:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Do I at all desire the death of the wicked? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Is it not in his turning back from his way--And he hath lived?”
Ezekiel 18:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 18:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live? ”
Ezekiel 18:23 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 18:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Haue I any desire that the wicked should die, sayth the Lord God? or shall he not liue, if he returne from his wayes?”
Ezekiel 18:23 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 18:23 in Context — Ezekiel 18
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
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.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
What Does Ezekiel 18:23 Mean?
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