Ezekiel 33:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

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;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְאָמְרִ֥י לָֽרָשָׁ֖ע מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת וְשָׁב֙ מֵֽחַטָּאת֔וֹ וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃

Transliteration

û-bə-ʾōmrî lā-rāšāʿ môt tāmût wə-šāb mē-ḥaṭṭāʾtô wə-ʿāśāh mišpāṭ û-ṣədāqāh

Grammar Details

• *û-bə-ʾōmrî*: conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct with 1st singular suffix - and when I say
• *lā-rāšāʿ*: preposition + definite article + adjective, masculine singular - to the wicked
• *môt*: qal infinitive absolute - dying
• *tāmût*: qal imperfect, 2nd singular masculine - you will die
• *wə-šāb*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he turns
• *mē-ḥaṭṭāʾtô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd singular masculine suffix - from his sin
• *wə-ʿāśāh*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and does
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - justice
• *û-ṣədāqāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and righteousness

Word Meanings

• *û-bə-ʾōmrî*: and when I say/and when I speak/and in my saying
• *môt* *tāmût*: you will surely die/dying you will die/you will certainly die
• *šāb*: turns/returns/repents
• *ḥaṭṭāʾtô*: his sin/his failure/his mistake
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/what is right
• *ṣədāqāh*: righteousness/rightness/justice

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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—

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Agayne, yff I saye to the wicked: thou shalt surely dye: and so he turne fro his synnes, and do the thinge that is laufull and right:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Againe when I shall say vnto the wicked, thou shalt die the death, if he turne from his sinne, and doe that which is lawfull and right,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Againe, if I say vnto the wicked, thou shalt surely dye: and so he turne from his sinnes, and do the thing that is lawfull and right,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And -- he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Suppose I say to the wicked,‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:27 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
• Ezek 33:8 : 8 When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
• Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Jer 18:7-8 : 7 At any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
• Prov 28:13 : 13 He who covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Matt 9:13 : 13 But go and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
• Luke 13:3-5 : 3 I tell you, No: but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think they were worse sinners than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, No: but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.
• Jer 4:1 : 1 If you will return, O Israel, says the LORD, return to me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then you shall not be moved.
• Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
• 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.