Ezekiel 33:19 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 33:19

But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

KJV

But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He shall live thereby - “The wages of sin is death;” the “gift of God is eternal life.” It is a miserable trade by which a man cannot live; such a trade is sin.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Here is a particular message sent to those who yet remained in the land of Israel, and (which is very strange) grew secure there, and confident that they should take root there again, to tell them that their hopes would fail them because they persisted in their sins,

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְשׁ֤וּב	u.ve.Shuv	and when turns back	H7725 →
רָשָׁע֙	ra.Sha'	a wicked [person]	H7563 →
מֵֽרִשְׁעָת֔וֹ	me.rish.'a.To	from wickedness his	H7564 →
וְעָשָׂ֥ה	ve.'a.Sah	and he will do	H6213 →
מִשְׁפָּ֖ט	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →
וּצְדָקָ֑ה	u.tze.da.Kah	and righteousness	H6666 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →
ה֥וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
יִֽחְיֶֽה׃	Yich.Yeh	he will live	H2421 →

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The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Ezekiel 33:14
But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
leads to
- Ezekiel 18:27
  But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
- Hosea 14:1
  Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
- Ezekiel 33:8
  If 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,…
- Jeremiah 18:7–8
  At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
- Isaiah 55:7
  Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel