Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "But you ask, 'Why shouldn't the son suffer because of his father's sins?' The answer is that the son did what was right and good. He kept my laws and followed them carefully, and so he will certainly live. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And you say: Why hath not the son borne the iniquity of his father? Verily, because the son hath wrought judgment and justice, hath kept all my commandments, and done them, living, he shall live. Why Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: Deuteronomy 5:9 Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shalt not serve them. For I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation, to them that hate me, 2 Kings 23:26 But yet the Lord turned not away from the wrath of his great indignation, wherewith his anger was kindled against Juda: because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses had provoked him. 2 Kings 24:3,4 And this came by the word of the Lord against Juda, to remove them from before him for all the sins of Manasses which he did; . . . Jeremiah 15:4 And I will give them up to the rage of all the kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem. Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities. When Ezekiel 20:18-20,24,30 And I said to their children in the wilderness: Walk not in the statutes of your fathers, and observe not their judgments, nor be ye defiled with their idols: . . . Zechariah 1:3-6 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye to me, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will turn to you, saith the Lord of hosts. . . . Context The Soul who Sins will Die19And you say: Why hath not the son borne the iniquity of his father? Verily, because the son hath wrought judgment and justice, hath kept all my commandments, and done them, living, he shall live.20The soul that sinneth, the same shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son: the justice of the just shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.… Cross References Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: Jeremiah 15:4 And I will give them up to the rage of all the kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem. Ezekiel 18:2 That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge. Ezekiel 18:9 Hath walked in my commandments, and kept my judgments, to do truth: he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 18:18 As for his father, because he oppressed and offered violence to his brother, and wrought evil in the midst of his people, behold he is dead in his own iniquity. Ezekiel 20:18 And I said to their children in the wilderness: Walk not in the statutes of your fathers, and observe not their judgments, nor be ye defiled with their idols: Zechariah 1:3 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye to me, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will turn to you, saith the Lord of hosts. Jump to Previous Bear Careful Guilt Iniquity Justice Kept Lawful Observe Practiced Punishment Right Righteousness Share Statutes Suffer Surely WhereforeJump to Next Bear Careful Guilt Iniquity Justice Kept Lawful Observe Practiced Punishment Right Righteousness Share Statutes Suffer Surely WhereforeLinks Ezekiel 18:19 NIVEzekiel 18:19 NLT Ezekiel 18:19 ESV Ezekiel 18:19 NASB Ezekiel 18:19 Bible Apps Ezekiel 18:19 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 18:19 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 18:19 French Bible Ezekiel 18:19 German Bible Alphabetical: all and ask bear been careful decrees does done father father's for guilt has he his iniquity is just justice keep live my not observed of practiced punishment right righteousness say shall share should Since son statutes surely the them to what When Why will Yet you OT Prophets: Ezekiel 18:19 Yet say you Why does not (Ezek. Eze Ezk) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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