Ezekiel 18:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Has oppressed the poor and needy, has spoiled by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    hath wronged{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} hath taken{H1497} by robbery,{H1500} hath not restored{H7725} the pledge,{H2258} and hath lifted up{H5375} his eyes{H5869} to the idols,{H1544} hath committed{H6213} abomination,{H8441}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Hath oppressed{H3238}{(H8689)} the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}, hath spoiled{H1497}{(H8804)} by violence{H1500}, hath not restored{H7725}{(H8686)} the pledge{H2258}, and hath lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} his eyes{H5869} to the idols{H1544}, hath committed{H6213}{(H8804)} abomination{H8441},

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    he greueth the poore and nedy: he robbeth and spoyleth: he geueth not the detter his pledge agayne: he lifteth vp his eyes vnto Idols, & medleth with abhominable thinges:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Or hath oppressed the poore and needy, or hath spoyled by violence, or hath not restored the pledge, or hath lift vp his eyes vnto the idoles, or hath committed abomination,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Or hath oppressed the poore and needie, or spoyled by violence, or hath not restored the pledge, or hath lyft vp his eyes vnto the idols, or hath committed abomination:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 8:6 : 6 He said furthermore to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations.
  • Ezek 8:17 : 17 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
  • 2 Kgs 21:11 : 11 'Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done more wickedly than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols:
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, 'Bring, and let us drink.'
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you plot evil against his brother in your heart.
  • Ezek 18:6-7 : 6 And has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman, 7 And has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
  • Ezek 18:16 : 16 Nor has oppressed anyone, has not withheld the pledge, nor spoiled by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
  • 2 Kgs 23:13 : 13 The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled.
  • Isa 59:6-7 : 6 Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?
  • Lev 18:22 : 22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.
  • Lev 18:26-30 : 26 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger who sojourns among you: 27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled; 28 That the land not spew you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you. 29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, that you do not commit any of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.

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    13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

    14 Now, if he begets a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and considers and does not do such like,

    15 Who has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,

    16 Nor has oppressed anyone, has not withheld the pledge, nor spoiled by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

    17 Who has taken off his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed My judgments, has walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

    18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.

  • Ezek 18:5-8
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    5 But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right,

    6 And has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman,

    7 And has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

    8 He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,

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    10 If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and does any of these things,

    11 And does not do any of those duties, but has eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • 79%

    11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

    12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.

    13 Behold, therefore I have struck My hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in your midst.

  • Job 20:18-19
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    18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

    19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build;

  • 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

  • 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

  • 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.

  • 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.

  • 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand and has done all these things, he shall not escape.

  • Amos 2:7-8
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    7 They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go in to the same maid, to profane My holy name:

    8 They lie down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

  • Ezek 22:7-8
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    7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

    8 You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths.

  • 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,

  • 31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    11 Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.

    12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • 8 He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • 16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work;

  • 6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Lev 6:2-4
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    2 If a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD, and lies to his neighbor about something delivered to him to keep, or about a pledge, or about something taken away by violence, or has deceived his neighbor;

    3 Or if he has found what was lost and lies about it, and swears falsely; in any of these things a person may do, sinning therein:

    4 Then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall restore what he took violently away, or the thing which he has deceitfully obtained, or what was delivered to him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

  • 2 To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • 16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • 15 If the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, walks in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  • 27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;

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    22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

    23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

  • 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.

  • 24 But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.

  • 12 And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:

  • 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

  • 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;