Ezekiel 18:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵן֩ אִ֨ישׁ כִּדְרָכָ֜יו אֶשְׁפֹּ֤ט אֶתְכֶם֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה שׁ֤וּבוּ וְהָשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ מִכָּל־פִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם לְמִכְשׁ֖וֹל עָוֺֽן׃

Transliteration

lākēn ʾîš ki- dərākāyw ʾešpōṭ ʾetkem bêt yiśrāʾēl nəʾum ʾădōnāy YHWH šûbû wə- hāšîbû mi- kol-pišʿêkem wə- lōʾ-yihyeh lākem lə- mikšôl ʿāwōn

Grammar Details

• *lākēn*: adverb - therefore
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *ki-*: preposition - according to
• *dərākāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ways
• *ʾešpōṭ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will judge
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *nəʾum*: construct state, masculine singular - declaration of
• *ʾădōnāy*: divine title - Lord
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *šûbû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - return
• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *hāšîbû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - cause to return
• *mi-*: preposition - from
• *kol*: construct state, masculine singular - all of
• *pišʿêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your transgressions
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it will be
• *lākem*: preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you
• *lə-*: preposition - for
• *mikšôl*: masculine singular construct - stumbling block of
• *ʿāwōn*: masculine singular noun - iniquity

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš* *ki-* *dərākāyw*: each according to his ways/each by his own conduct
• *nəʾum*: declaration/oracle/utterance
• *šûbû*: return/repent/turn back
• *hāšîbû*: turn away/repent/bring back
• *pišʿêkem*: your transgressions/your rebellions/your crimes
• *mikšôl* *ʿāwōn*: stumbling block of iniquity/obstacle of guilt/cause of sin

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore I will judge{H8199} you, O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} every one{H376} according to his ways,{H1870} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069} Return{H7725} ye, and turn{H7725} yourselves from all your transgressions;{H6588} so iniquity{H5771} shall not be your ruin.{H4383}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore I will judge{H8199}{(H8799)} you, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, every one{H376} according to his ways{H1870}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}. Repent{H7725}{(H8798)}, and turn{H7725}{(H8685)} yourselves from all your transgressions{H6588}; so iniquity{H5771} shall not be your ruin{H4383}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for me, I wil iudge euery man, acordinge to his wayes, O ye house of Israel, saieth the LORDE God. Wherfore, be conuerted, and turne you clene from all youre wickednesse, so shal there no synne do you harme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore I will iudge you, O house of Israel, euery one according to his wayes, sayth the Lord God: returne therefore and cause others to turne away from all your transgressions: so iniquitie shall not be your destruction.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therefore I wyll iudge you, euery man according to his wayes, O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde: returne and bryng your selues agayne from all your wickednesse, so iniquitie shall not be your destruction.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return you, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a stumbling-block,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:21 : 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all My statutes, and do what is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Hos 12:6 : 6 Therefore, turn to your God: keep mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.
• Joel 2:12-13 : 12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil.
• Ezek 33:20 : 20 Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not fair. O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his ways.
• Ezek 14:6 : 6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent, and turn from your idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
• Ezek 7:3 : 3 Now the end has come upon you, and I will send my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations.
• Luke 13:3 : 3 I tell you, No: but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
• Luke 13:5 : 5 I tell you, No: but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say to them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
• Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
• Matt 3:8 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance:
• Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
• Matt 25:32 : 32 All nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
• Ezek 34:20 : 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
• Dan 9:13 : 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us: yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
• Ezek 33:9 : 9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
• Eccl 3:17 : 17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.
• Ezek 7:8-9 : 8 Now I will shortly pour out my fury upon you, and accomplish my anger upon you; and I will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations. 9 And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
• Ezek 7:27 : 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled; I will do unto them according to their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
• 2 Cor 5:10-11 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I hope are well known also in your consciences.
• Gal 6:4-5 : 4 But let every man examine his own work, and then he shall have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
• Jas 1:15 : 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;
• Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come to you quickly, and will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
• Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 2:21-23 : 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a bed of suffering, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
• Rev 22:12 : 12 And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.