Ezekiel 18:10
in Ezekiel 18Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
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ASV
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,
KJV
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
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This verse in Ezekiel 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verseon Ezekiel 18:10-13
(Ver. 10 and following) But if he has fathered a son who is a robber, shedding blood, and he has committed one of these (or, as the Septuagint has translated, if he has committed sins: if he has not walked in the way of his righteous father), and he does all these things, not abstaining from them, but rather feasting on the mountains, defiling the wife of his neighbor, oppressing the needy and the poor, seizing plunder, not returning pledges, lifting his eyes to idols, committing abominations, engaging in usury, and taking more, will he live?
This site's exposition
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood
on Ezekiel 18:10-13
The same just man's son may turn violent and idolatrous, and the verdict shifts entirely with him, shall he then live? he shall not live, his own sins alone condemning him regardless of his father's record. Clarke reads the case as pointedly answering the sour-grape proverb, a righteous father's merit does not carry a wicked son past his own guilt. The phrase his blood shall be upon him fixes responsibility on the man himself, the same formula the watchman charge in chapters 3 and 33 uses for a hearer who will not turn.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on Ezekiel 18:10-13
His pious parentage, so far from excusing, aggravates his guilt. robber--or literally, "a breaker," namely, through all constraints of right. doeth the like to any one--The Hebrew and the parallel (Eze 18:18) require us to translate rather, "doeth to his brother any of these things," namely, the things which follow in Eze 18:11, &c. [MAURER].
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and he commits upon his brother any of these Heb. אָח. Jonathan renders: and he does to his brother any one of these.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And he does not do all these All these good deeds that his father did.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוֹלִ֥יד | veholid | and he will father | H3205 → | 496 times |
| בֵּן־ | ben- | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פָּרִ֖יץ | paritz | violent | H6530 → | |
| שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ | shofekh | [who] sheds | H8210 → | 114 times |
| דָּ֑ם | dam | blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| וְעָ֣שָׂה | veasah | and he will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אָ֔ח | ʾach | alas! | H253 → | 3 times |
| מֵאַחַ֖ד | meachad | any one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃ | meeleh | of these [things] | H428 → | 746 times |
וְהוֹלִ֥ידand he will father
veholidH3205 →496 times
בֵּן־a son
ben-H1121 →4930 times
פָּרִ֖יץviolent
paritzH6530 →
שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ[who] sheds
shofekhH8210 →114 times
דָּ֑םblood
damH1818 →360 times
וְעָ֣שָׂהand he will do
veasahH6213 →2628 times
אָ֔חalas!
ʾachH253 →3 times
מֵאַחַ֖דany one
meachadH259 →971 times
מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃of these [things]
meelehH428 →746 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he…
- Genesis 4:4–15
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
- Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
- Genesis 4:25
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
- Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
- Hebrews 11:4
Through
Exodus 22:2If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
it leads to
- Matthew 24:43
But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- Matthew 24:43
Through
Exodus 21:12Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
it leads to
- Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Matthew 26:52
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
- Genesis 9:6
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.