Ezekiel 33:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 33:9

7 ^a“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.

8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have¹ delivered your soul.

10 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, “If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we ^apine away in them, ^bhow can we then live?” ’

11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ^a‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked ^bturn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For ^cwhy should you die, O house of Israel?’

The Fairness of God’s Judgment

12 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The ^arighteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, ^bhe shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’

13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, ^abut he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 33:9

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American Standard Version
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Amplified® Bible
But if you warn the wicked to turn from his evil way and he does not turn from his evil way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

Contemporary English Version
If you do warn them, and they keep sinning, they will die because of their sins, and you will be innocent.

Darby English Version
But if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Good News Bible
If you do warn an evil person and he doesn't stop sinning, he will die, still a sinner, but your life will be spared."

King James Version
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

New American Standard Bible
"But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life.

New International Version
But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself.

New King James Version
Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life.

Revised Standard Version
But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou, when thou hast warned the wicked of his way, to turn back from it, And he hath not turned back from his way, He in his iniquity doth die, And thou thy soul hast delivered.

New English Translation
But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior,¹ and he refuses to change,² he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

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