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Ezekiel 3:18

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

KJV

Si, dicente me ad impium : Morte morieris, non annuntiaveris ei, neque locutus fueris ut avertatur a via sua impia et vivat, ipse impius in iniquitate sua morietur, sanguinem autem ejus de manu tua requiram.

Vulgate

ἐν τῷ λέγειν με τῷ ἀνόμῳ Θανάτῳ θανατωθήσῃ· καὶ οὐ διεστείλω αὐτῷ οὐδὲ ἐλάλησας τοῦ διαστείλασθαι τῷ ἀνόμῳ ἀποστρέψαι ἀπὸ τῶν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ζῆσαι αὐτόν, ὁ ἄνομος ἐκεῖνος τῇ ἀδικίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖται, καὶ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρός σου ἐκζητήσω.

LXX

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

ASV

בְּ/אָמְרִ֤/י לָֽ/רָשָׁע֙ מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת וְ/לֹ֣א הִזְהַרְתּ֗/וֹ וְ/לֹ֥א דִבַּ֛רְתָּ לְ/הַזְהִ֥יר רָשָׁ֛ע מִ/דַּרְכּ֥/וֹ הָ/רְשָׁעָ֖ה לְ/חַיֹּת֑/וֹ ה֤וּא רָשָׁע֙ בַּ/עֲוֺנ֣/וֹ יָמ֔וּת וְ/דָמ֖/וֹ מִ/יָּדְ/ךָ֥ אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 230×
נִזְהָ֔ר
nzhr
verb · 23×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Do we then run and labor in vain? Are we sowing upon the rocks? Does the seed fall upon the rocks? Does the seed fall without our knowing it by the wayside, and among thorns? I am greatly troubled and fear, lest our husbandry be unprofitable; not as though I shall be a loser as well as you, touching the reward of this labor. For it is not with those who teach as it is with h…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 8:9 — Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
  • 1Tim 4:16 — Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
  • 1Tim 5:22 — Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
  • 2Kgs 1:4 — Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
  • 2Sam 4:11 — How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
  • Acts 2:40 — And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 18:6 — And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
  • Acts 20:26 — Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
  • Acts 20:26 — Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
  • Eph 5:5 — For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
  • Ezek 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si
  • Ezek 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si
  • Ezek 18:4 — 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.
  • Ezek 18:13 — Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
  • Ezek 18:18 — As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
  • Ezek 18:20 — The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and
  • Ezek 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
  • Ezek 33:6 — But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood
  • Ezek 33:6 — But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood
  • Ezek 33:8 — When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thin
  • Ezek 34:10 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any
  • Ezek 34:10 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any
  • Gen 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
  • Gen 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
  • Gen 3:3 — But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
  • Gen 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
  • Gen 42:22 — And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
  • Isa 3:11 — Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
  • Isa 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Isa 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jas 5:19 — Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
  • Jer 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in
  • Jer 31:30 — But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
  • John 8:21 — Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
  • John 8:21 — Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
  • John 8:24 — I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
  • Luke 11:50 — That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  • Luke 13:3 — I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
  • Luke 13:5 — I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.