“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
Ezekiel 33:17 - Revised Standard Version “Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just’; when it is their own way that is not just. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet your people say, The way of the Lord is not perfect or even just; but as for them, it is their own way that is not perfect or even just. American Standard Version (1901) Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. Common English Bible Yet your people say, “My Lord’s way doesn’t measure up.” Isn’t it their ways that don’t measure up? Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of your people have said, 'The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,' even while their own way is unjust. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust. |
“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right, he shall surely live.
When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die for it.
“Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman;
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”