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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 33:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Eze 33:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore, thou son [01121] of man [0120], say [0559] unto the children [01121] of thy people [05971], The righteousness [06666] of the righteous [06662] shall not deliver [05337] him in the day [03117] of his transgression [06588]: as for the wickedness [07564] of the wicked [07563], he shall not fall [03782] thereby in the day [03117] that he turneth [07725] from his wickedness [07562]; neither shall the righteous [06662] be able [03201] to live [02421] for his righteousness in the day [03117] that he sinneth [02398]. |
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King James |
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| not fall . . . in the day that he turneth-- (Ch2 7:14; see Eze 3:20; Eze 18:24). |
24 But when the righteous [06662] turneth away [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], and doeth [06213] according to all the abominations [08441] that the wicked [07563] man doeth [06213], shall he live [02425]? All his righteousness [06666] that he hath done [06213] shall not be mentioned [02142]: in his trespass [04603] that he hath trespassed [04604], and in his sin [02403] that he hath sinned [02398], in them shall he die [04191].
20 Again [07725], When a righteous [06662] man doth turn [07725] from his righteousness [06664], and commit [06213] iniquity [05766], and I lay [05414] a stumblingblock [04383] before [06440] him, he shall die [04191]: because thou hast not given him warning [02094], he shall die [04191] in his sin [02403], and his righteousness [06666] which he hath done [06213] shall not be remembered [02142]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01245] at thine hand [03027].
14 If my people [05971], which are called [07121] by my name [08034], shall humble [03665] themselves, and pray [06419], and seek [01245] my face [06440], and turn [07725] from their wicked [07451] ways [01870]; then will I hear [08085] from heaven [08064], and will forgive [05545] their sin [02403], and will heal [07495] their land [0776].