Ezekiel 33:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם לֹ֥א יִתָּכֵ֖ן דֶּ֣רֶךְ אֲדֹנָ֑י אִ֧ישׁ כִּדְרָכָ֛יו אֶשְׁפּ֥וֹט אֶתְכֶ֖ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל פ

Transliteration

waʾămarttem not yittākēn derek ʾădōnāy; ʾîš according-to-dərākāyw ʾešpôṭ ʾetkem bêt yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

• *waʾămarttem*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you said
• *yittākēn*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it is right/proper/fair
• *derek*: noun, masculine singular construct - way/path of
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine singular with 1st common plural suffix - Lord/my Lord
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man/each one
• *dərākāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ways
• *ʾešpôṭ*: qal imperfect 1st common singular - I will judge
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *yittākēn*: is right/proper/fair/equal/just
• *derek*: way/path/road/journey/manner/behavior
• *ʾădōnāy*: Lord/my Lord/Master
• *ʾîš*: man/each one/person/individual
• *dərākāyw*: his ways/his paths/his behaviors/his conduct

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:25 : 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
• Ezek 18:29-30 : 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
• Ezek 33:17 : 17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
• Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
• John 5:29 : 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
• Rev 20:12-15 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire. 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 22:12 : 12 {G2532} Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.
• Ps 62:12 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.
• Prov 19:3 : 3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.