Ezekiel 18:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִ֖ישׁ כִּי־יִהְיֶ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə- ʾîš kî-yihyeh ṣaddîq wə- ʿāśāh mišpāṭ û- ṣədāqāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *kî*: conjunction - if, when
• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be
• *ṣaddîq*: adjective masculine singular - righteous
• *ʿāśāh*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he has done
• *mišpāṭ*: masculine singular noun - justice, judgment
• *û-*: conjunction - and
• *ṣədāqāh*: feminine singular noun - righteousness

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš*: man/person/anyone
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/innocent
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/legal decision
• *ṣədāqāh*: righteousness/justice/righteous act

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf a man be godly, and do the thinge that is equall & right,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But if a man be iust, and doe that which is lawfull, and right,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

• World English Bible (2000)

  But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.
• Ps 15:2-5 : 2 He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. 3 He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt, and does not change. 5 He who does not put out his money at usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
• Ps 24:4-6 : 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to idols, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O Jacob. Selah.
• Prov 21:3 : 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• Jer 22:15 : 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
• Ezek 33:14 : 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;
• Matt 7:21-27 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and cast out devils in your name, and done many wonderful works in your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice iniquity.' 24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.
• Rom 2:7-9 : 7 To those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: 8 But to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honor, and peace, to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
• 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 observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 For he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
• Jas 2:14-26 : 14 What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 Yes, someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe, and tremble. 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
• 1 John 2:3 : 3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
• 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
• 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
• 1 John 5:2-5 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. 5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.