Ezekiel 33:17
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And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.

Ezekiel 18:25
And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore, O house of Israel: Is it my way that is not right, and are not rather your ways perverse?

Ezekiel 33:2
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say to them: When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man, one of their meanest, and make him a watchman over them:

Ezekiel 33:16
None of his sins, which he hath committed, shall be imputed to him: he hath done judgment and justice, he shall surely live.

Ezekiel 33:18
For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them.

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And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.

Ezekiel 33:20 And you say: The way of the Lord is not right, I will judge every one of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.

Ezekiel 18:25,29 And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore, O house of Israel: Is it my way that is not right, and are not rather your ways perverse? . . .

Job 35:2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?

Job 40:8 Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

Matthew 25:24-26 But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown and gatherest where thou hast not strewed. . . .

Luke 19:21,22 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down: and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow. . . .

Context
The Message of the Watchman
16None of his sins, which he hath committed, shall be imputed to him: he hath done judgment and justice, he shall surely live. 17And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.18For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them.…
Lexicon
Yet your people
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

say,
וְאָמְרוּ֙ (wə·’ā·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘The way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of the LORD
אֲדֹנָ֑י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

is not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

just.’
יִתָּכֵ֖ן (yit·tā·ḵên)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8505: To balance, measure out, arrange, equalize, levelling

But it is
וְהֵ֖מָּה (wə·hêm·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

their way
דַּרְכָּ֥ם (dar·kām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

that is not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

just.
יִתָּכֵֽן׃ (yit·tā·ḵên)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8505: To balance, measure out, arrange, equalize, levelling


Additional Translations
Yet your people say, ‘The way of the LORD is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Yet the children of thy people will say, The way of the Lord is not straight: whereas this their way is not straight.

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them -- their way is not pondered.
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