Ezekiel 18:23
“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ezekiel 18:23 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Habe ich irgendwie Gefallen an dem Tode des Gesetzlosen, spricht der Herr, Jehova? Nicht vielmehr daran, daß er von seinen Wegen umkehre und lebe?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¿Quiero yo la muerte del impío? dice el Señor Jehová. ¿No vivirá, si se apartare de sus caminos?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por acaso eu prefiro a morte do ímpio?,diz o Senhor DEUS, E não que ele se converta de seus caminhos, e viva?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Acaso, Eu Me regozijo na morte do corrupto — assim declara Yahweh Deus — e não em que ele se arrependa do seu mau caminho para que possa viver?
📖 Ezekiel 18:23 in Context
21But 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.
22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
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