Ezekiel 33:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yff I saye vnto the wicked: thou wicked, thou shalt surely dye: and thou geuest him not warnynge, that he maye bewarre off his vngodly waye: then shall the wicked dye in his owne synne, but his bloude will I requyre of thy honde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    When I shall say vnto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt die the death, if thou doest not speake, and admonish the wicked of his way, that wicked man shall die for his iniquitie, but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If I say vnto the wicked, thou wicked, thou shalt surely dye: & thou speakest not to admonish the wicked of his way: that wicked man shall dye in his owne sinne, but his blood wyl I require at thy hande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked [man], thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    In My saying to the wicked, O wicked one -- thou dost surely die, And thou hast not spoken to warn the wicked from his way, He -- the wicked -- in his iniquity doth die, And his blood from thy hand I require.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When I say to the wicked,‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ and you do not warn the wicked about his behavior, the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 18:4 : 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.
  • 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;
  • Ezek 18:18 : 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 18:20 : 20 The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
  • Ezek 33:6 : 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
  • 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 8:11-13 : 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore, they shall fall among those that fall: when I punish them, they shall be cast down, says the LORD. 13 I will surely consume them, says the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall wither; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
  • Jer 14:13-16 : 13 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'' 14 Then the LORD said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.' 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, and I have not sent them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land'—by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
  • Ezek 13:9-9 : 9 My hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity and divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of my people, nor shall they be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 10 Because, indeed, they have seduced my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there was no peace; and one builds up a wall, and others daub it with untempered mortar.
  • Gen 2:17 : 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat: for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die.
  • Gen 3:4 : 4 And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die:
  • Num 27:3 : 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
  • Prov 11:21 : 21 Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
  • Ezek 18:10-13 : 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, 12 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, 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.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ezek 3:17-21
    5 verses
    96%

    17Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

    18When 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.

    19Yet 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.

    20Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

    21Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous do not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.

  • Ezek 33:9-15
    7 verses
    88%

    9Nevertheless, 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.

    10Therefore, O son of man, speak to the house of Israel; this is what you speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how should we then live?

    11Say 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?

    12Therefore, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins.

    13When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trusts in his own righteousness, and commits iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed, he shall die for it.

    14Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;

    15If 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.

  • Ezek 33:1-7
    7 verses
    83%

    1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take one of their borders, and set him as their watchman:

    3If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people;

    4Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and does not take warning; if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

    5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he who takes warning shall save his soul.

    6But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

    7So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

  • Ezek 18:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

    27Again, 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 33:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

    19But if the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.

  • Ezek 18:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD, and not that he should return from his ways and live?

    24But 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.

  • Ezek 28:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9Will you still say before him who slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him who slays you.

    10You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD.

    11Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Deut 18:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19And it shall come to pass, that whoever will not listen to My words which He shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.

    20But the prophet, who shall presume to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.

  • Ezek 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

    21But 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.

  • Jer 21:8
    71%

    8And to this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

  • Ezek 22:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, you shall show her all her abominations.

  • Ezek 35:6
    71%

    6Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, even blood shall pursue you.

  • Jer 11:3
    71%

    3And say to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

  • Ezek 22:13
    70%

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

  • Ezek 21:3
    70%

    3And say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

  • Gen 9:5
    70%

    5And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man.

  • Ezek 18:30-32
    3 verses
    70%

    30Therefore 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.

    31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel?

    32For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live.

  • Ezek 18:18
    70%

    18As 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.

  • Isa 3:11
    69%

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Ezek 24:14
    69%

    14I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your deeds, they shall judge you, says the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 26:15
    69%

    15But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon its inhabitants; for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.

  • Ezek 33:27
    69%

    27Say thus to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

  • Ezek 21:8
    69%

    8Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 18:13
    69%

    13Has 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.