Ezekiel 18:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He walks in my statutes and faithfully keeps my rules—he is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Has walked in My statutes, and has kept My judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    hath walked{H1980} in my statutes,{H2708} and hath kept{H8104} mine ordinances,{H4941} to deal{H6213} truly;{H571} he is just,{H6662} he shall surely{H2421} live,{H2421} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Hath walked{H1980}{(H8762)} in my statutes{H2708}, and hath kept{H8104}{(H8804)} my judgments{H4941}, to deal{H6213}{(H8800)} truly{H571}; he is just{H6662}, he shall surely{H2421}{(H8800)} live{H2421}{(H8799)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    he walbeth in my commaundementes, & kepeth my lawes, & perfourmeth the faithfully:) This is a rightuous ma, he shal surely lyue, saieth the LORDE God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my iudgements to deale truely, he is iust, he shall surely liue, sayth the Lord God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And hath walked in my statutes, and kept my iudgementes to deale truely: this is a righteous man, he shall surely liue, saith the Lorde God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept -- to deal truly, Righteous `is' he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 20:11 : 11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, by which a person who obeys them will live.
  • Amos 5:4 : 4 For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live.
  • Ezek 18:17 : 17 He refrains from harming the poor, does not lend at interest or take a profit, and obeys my rules and walkthroughs my statutes. Such a person will not die for his father's sins; he will surely live.
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 Look! The proud person—his soul is not upright within him, but the righteous one will live by his faith.
  • Deut 10:12-13 : 12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes that I am commanding you today for your own good?
  • Rom 1:17 : 17 For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'
  • Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does.
  • Jas 2:18-26 : 18 But someone will say, 'You have faith, and I have works.' Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless? 21 Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works, and by works his faith was made perfect. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,' and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another route? 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
  • Amos 5:14 : 14 Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and so the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be with you, just as you have said.
  • Amos 5:24 : 24 But let justice flow like a river, and righteousness like a never-ending stream.
  • Deut 11:1 : 1 You shall love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments.
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them upright judgments, true laws, good statutes, and commandments. 14 You made Your holy Sabbath known to them, and You gave them commandments, statutes, and laws through Your servant Moses.
  • Ps 19:7-9 : 7 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat. 8 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. 9 The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandment of the LORD is clear, giving light to the eyes. 10 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, and altogether righteous. 11 They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
  • Ps 24:4-6 : 4 The one with clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up their soul to vanity or swear deceitfully. 5 They will receive a blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of their salvation. 6 Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, God of Jacob. Selah.
  • Ps 105:44-45 : 44 He gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited what others had worked for, 45 so that they might keep His statutes and observe His laws. Praise the LORD!
  • Ps 119:1-6 : 1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with all their heart. 3 Indeed, they do no wrong; they walk in His ways. 4 You have commanded Your precepts to be kept diligently. 5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in keeping Your statutes! 6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
  • Lev 18:5 : 5 You must keep my decrees and my laws, because the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
  • Deut 4:1 : 1 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and judgments that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live and enter to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving to you.
  • Deut 5:1 : 1 Moses called all Israel together and said to them, "Listen, Israel, to the statutes and judgments that I am speaking to you today. Learn them and carefully follow them."
  • Deut 6:1-2 : 1 These are the commandments, statutes, and judgments that the LORD your God commanded to teach you to carry out in the land you are about to cross into and possess. 2 So that you may fear the LORD your God by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I am commanding you today—you, your children, and your grandchildren—all the days of your life, and so your days may be prolonged.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 Both were righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
  • Luke 10:27-29 : 27 The man answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.' 28 Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.' 29 But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'
  • John 14:21 : 21 The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 In this, I strive to always keep my conscience clear before God and people.
  • Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.
  • Ezek 33:15 : 15 if they return what they took in pledge for a loan, restore anything they have stolen, and follow the decrees that give life, doing no wrong—they will surely live; they will not die.
  • Ezek 36:27 : 27 I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.
  • Ezek 37:24 : 24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My laws and carefully obey My decrees.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 18:16-24
    9 verses
    85%

    16 He does not oppress anyone, or require a pledge for a loan, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

    17 He refrains from harming the poor, does not lend at interest or take a profit, and obeys my rules and walkthroughs my statutes. Such a person will not die for his father's sins; he will surely live.

    18 But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.

    19 Yet you ask, ‘Why does the son not bear the guilt of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, has carefully observed all my statutes, and has kept them, he will surely live.

    20 The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.

    21 But if the wicked turn from all their sins that they have committed, keep all my statutes, and do what is just and right, they will live; they will not die.

    22 None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteousness they have practiced, they will live.

    23 Do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?

    24 But if a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, doing the same detestable things the wicked do, will they live? None of the righteous deeds they have done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

  • Ezek 18:5-8
    4 verses
    82%

    5 If a man is righteous and does what is just and right,

    6 he does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel; he does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her impurity.

    7 He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.

    8 He does not lend at interest or take a profit; he withholds his hand from injustice and judges fairly between parties.

  • Lev 18:4-5
    2 verses
    81%

    4 You must obey my laws and carefully keep my decrees. Live by them. I am the LORD your God.

    5 You must keep my decrees and my laws, because the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 33:12-19
    8 verses
    81%

    12 Therefore, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous person will not save them on the day of their transgression, nor will the wickedness of the wicked person cause them to fall on the day they turn from their wickedness. The righteous person cannot live by their righteousness on the day they sin.'

    13 If I say to the righteous person, 'You will surely live,' but they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous acts will be remembered. They will die because of the iniquity they have committed.

    14 And if I say to the wicked person, 'You will surely die,' but they turn from their sin and do what is just and right—

    15 if they return what they took in pledge for a loan, restore anything they have stolen, and follow the decrees that give life, doing no wrong—they will surely live; they will not die.

    16 None of the sins they have committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.

    17 Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' But it is their way that is not just.

    18 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits iniquity, they will die because of it.

    19 But if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live because of it.

  • Ezek 18:26-29
    4 verses
    78%

    26 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed, they will die.

    27 But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.

    28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, they will surely live; they will not die.

    29 Yet the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Are my ways unjust, house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

  • Ezek 18:10
    76%

    10 Suppose he has a violent son who sheds blood or does any of these evil things,

  • Ezek 20:11
    76%

    11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, by which a person who obeys them will live.

  • Ezek 18:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,

    13 He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a person live? He will not! Because he has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death, and his blood will be on his own head.

    14 Now suppose this person has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed. Though he sees them, he does not do such things:

  • Deut 16:20
    73%

    20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Lev 26:3
    73%

    3 If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and carry them out,

  • Ps 15:2
    73%

    2 The one who walks blamelessly, does what is right, and speaks the truth from his heart.

  • Lev 25:18
    73%

    18 You are to follow my statutes and observe my ordinances and carry them out, so that you may live securely in the land.

  • Ezek 3:21
    73%

    21 But if you warn a righteous person not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he heeded the warning, and you will have saved yourself.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15 The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

  • Lev 19:37
    71%

    37 Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.

  • Jer 4:2
    71%

    2 Then you will swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; the nations will bless themselves in Him, and in Him they will glory.

  • Ezek 20:19
    71%

    19 'I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, keep my ordinances, and obey them.

  • Ezek 11:12
    70%

    12 Then you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed My statutes or kept My judgments, but instead you have conformed to the judgments of the nations around you.

  • Ezek 17:19
    70%

    19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will bring upon his own head.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4
    69%

    4 'And as for you, if you walk before Me faithfully, as your father David did, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you and keeping My statutes and judgments,

  • Prov 20:7
    69%

    7 The righteous person walks in their integrity; blessed are their children after them.

  • Ezek 11:20
    69%

    20 Then they will follow My statutes, keep My judgments, and carry them out. They will be My people, and I will be their God.

  • Ezek 33:10
    69%

    10 Son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you are saying: Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?'

  • Rom 10:5
    69%

    5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”

  • Ezek 17:16
    69%

    16 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, in the place where the king who made him king resides—whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—there in Babylon he will die.

  • Ezek 18:32
    69%

    32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!