You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’ Let it be paid back to them, so that they may know it.
Jeremiah 31:29 - New Revised Standard Version In those days they shall no longer say: “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. [Ezek. 18:2.] American Standard Version (1901) In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. Common English Bible In those days, people will no longer say: Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a bitter taste in the mouths of their children. Catholic Public Domain Version In those days, they will no longer say: 'The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In those days they shall say no more: The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the teeth of the children are set on edge. |
You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’ Let it be paid back to them, so that they may know it.
But all shall die for their own sins; the teeth of everyone who eats sour grapes shall be set on edge.
Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
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.