Ezekiel 18:4 - New Revised Standard Version Know that all lives are mine; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child is mine: it is only the person who sins that shall die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sins, it shall die. [Rom. 6:23.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible All lives are mine; the life of the parent and the life of the child belong to me. Only the one who sins will die. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die. |
But he did not put to death the children of the murderers; according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, “The parents shall not be put to death for the children, or the children be put to death for the parents; but all shall be put to death for their own sins.”
Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
If your children sinned against him, he delivered them into the power of their transgression.
Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:
For I will not continually accuse, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirits would grow faint before me, even the souls that I have made.
But all shall die for their own sins; the teeth of everyone who eats sour grapes shall be set on edge.
The person who sins shall die. A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor a parent suffer for the iniquity of a child; the righteousness of the righteous shall be his own, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be his own.
As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel.
If I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” and you give them no warning, or speak to warn the wicked from their wicked way, in order to save their life, those wicked persons shall die for their iniquity; but their blood I will require at your hand.
If I say to the wicked, “O wicked ones, you shall surely die,” and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from their ways, the wicked shall die in their iniquity, but their blood I will require at your hand.
An Oracle. The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:
They fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?”
“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents; only for their own crimes may persons be put to death.
Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?