Jeremiah 31:30 - Easy To Read Version No, each person will die for his own sin. The person that eats sour grapes will get the sour taste.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But everyone shall die for his own iniquity [only]; every man who eats sour grapes–his [own] teeth shall be set on edge. American Standard Version (1901) But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. Common English Bible Because everyone will die for their own sins: whoever eats sour grapes will have a bitter taste in their own mouths. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, each one will die for his own iniquity. Each man who will have eaten a bitter grape, his own teeth will be affected. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that shall eat the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. |
But he did not kill the children of the murderers because of the rules written in the book The Law of Moses. The Lord gave this command {in the Law of Moses}: “Parents must not be put to death for something their children did. And children must not be put to death for something their parents did. A person should be put to death only for a bad thing that he himself did.” [160]
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But it will be very bad for the evil people. Much trouble will come to them. They will be punished for all the wrong things they have done.
The person that sins is the person that will be put to death! A son won’t be punished for his father’s sins. And a father won’t be punished for his son’s sins. A good man’s goodness belongs to him alone. And a bad man’s evil belongs to him alone.
I will treat each person just the same. It won’t matter if that person is the parent or the child. The person that sins is the person that will die!
“Maybe I will tell a good person that he will live. But maybe that good person will begin to think that the good things he did in the past will save him. So he might begin to do bad things. But I won’t remember the good things he did in the past! No, he will die because of the bad things he begins to do.
If a good person stops doing good things and begins to sin, then he will die because of his sins.
I might say to you, ‘This evil person will die.’ Then you must go warn that person for me. If you don’t warn that evil person and tell him to change his life, then that evil person will die because he sinned. But I will make you responsible for his death.
“Parents must not be put to death for something their children did. And children must not be put to death for something their parents did. A person should be put to death only for a bad thing that he himself did.