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Ezekiel 18:4

Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֵ֤ןhenhere!H2005 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ha.ne.fa.shOt<the> livesH5315 →
לִ֣יli[belong] to me
הֵ֔נָּהHe.nahtheyH2007 →
כְּנֶ֧פֶשׁke.Ne.feshas [the] life ofH5315 →
הָאָ֛בha.'Avthe parentH1 →
וּכְנֶ֥פֶשׁu.khe.Ne.feshand as [the] life ofH5315 →
הַבֵּ֖ןha.Benthe childH1121 →
לִי־li-[belong] to me
הֵ֑נָּהHe.nahtheyH2007 →
הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁha.Ne.feshthe soulH5315 →
הַחֹטֵ֖אתha.cho.Tetwhich sinsH2398 →
הִ֥יאhi'itH1931 →
תָמֽוּת׃ סta.Mutit will dieH4191 →

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Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”2 Kings 14:6Yet 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.”Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”Exodus 32:33The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”2 Chronicles 25:4Yet 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.”Galatians 3:10–13All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:Ezekiel 33:13If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.Galatians 3:22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.Numbers 27:16“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregationGalatians 6:5For each one should carry his own load.Ezekiel 33:8If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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