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Ezekiel 33:17
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15 if the wicked arestores the pledge, bgives back what he has stolen, and walks in cthe statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.  
16 aNone of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live.  
17 a“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not1 fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!  
18 aWhen the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.  
19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.
20 Yet you say, a‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.”  

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year aof our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, bthat one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, c“The city has been captured!”  
Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 33:17

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American Standard Version
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Amplified® Bible
Yet your people say, The way of the Lord is not perfect {or} even just; but as for them, it is their own way that is not perfect {or} even just.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, your people accuse me of being unfair. But they are the ones who are unfair.

Darby English Version
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Good News Bible
"And your people say that what I do isn't right! No, it's their way that isn't right.

King James Version
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

New American Standard Bible
"Yet your fellow citizens say, `The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right.

New International Version
"Yet your countrymen say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' But it is their way that is not just.

New King James Version
“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Yet your fellow citizens say, 'The way of the Lord we do not consider right,' when their own way does not appear right.

Revised Standard Version
"Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just'; when it is their own way that is not just.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them -- their way is not pondered.


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