Ezekiel 18:5 KJV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 18:5

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

KJV

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ASV

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

WEB

Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

YLT

And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

DBT

And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:

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Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Ezekiel 33:14
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
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.
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
1 John 3:7
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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The first case is given in Eze 18:5-9, the just man. The excellencies are selected in reference to the prevailing sins of the age, from which such a one stood aloof; hence arises the omission of some features of righteousness, which, under different circumstances, would have been desirable to be enumerated.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H6666157× in canon H6662206× in canon

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