Ezekiel 33:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֠אַתָּה כִּֽי־הִזְהַ֨רְתָּ רָשָׁ֤ע מִדַּרְכּוֹ֙ לָשׁ֣וּב מִמֶּ֔נָּה וְלֹא־שָׁ֖ב מִדַּרְכּ֑וֹ ה֚וּא בַּעֲוֺנ֣וֹ יָמ֔וּת וְאַתָּ֖ה נַפְשְׁךָ֥ הִצַּֽלְתָּ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾattāh kî-hizhartā rāšāʿ mi-darkô lāšûb mimmennāh wə-lōʾ-šāb mi-darkô hûʾ ba-ʿăwōnô yāmût wə-ʾattāh napšəkā hiṣṣaltā

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾattāh*: conjunction + personal pronoun, 2nd singular masculine - and you
• *kî*-*hizhartā*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 2nd singular masculine - if/when you warn
• *rāšāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - wicked one
• *mi-darkô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd singular masculine suffix - from his way
• *lāšûb*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to turn/return
• *mimmennāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - from it
• *wə-lōʾ*-*šāb*: conjunction + negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he does not turn
• *hûʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - he
• *ba-ʿăwōnô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd singular suffix - in his iniquity
• *yāmût*: qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - he will die
• *napšəkā*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd singular masculine suffix - your soul
• *hiṣṣaltā*: hiphil perfect, 2nd singular masculine - you have delivered

Word Meanings

• *hizhartā*: you warn/you caution/you admonish
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked one/evil person/unrighteous one
• *mi-darkô*: from his way/from his path/from his conduct
• *lāšûb*: to turn/to return/to repent
• *ba-ʿăwōnô*: in his iniquity/for his sin/because of his guilt
• *napšəkā* *hiṣṣaltā*: you have delivered your soul/you have saved your life/you have rescued yourself

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so, they will die for their sin, but you will have saved yourself.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles yf thou warne the wicked off his waye, to turne from it, where as he yet wil not be turned from it: then shal he dye because off his synne, but thou hast delyuered thy soule.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Neuerthelesse, If thou warne the wicked of his way, to turne from it, if he doe not turne from his way, he shall die for his iniquitie, but thou hast deliuered thy soule.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neuerthelesse, if thou warne the wicked of his way to tourne from it, and he yet wyll not be turned from his way: then shal he dye in his iniquitie, but thou hast deliuered thy soule.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn't turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou, when thou hast warned the wicked of his way, to turn back from it, And he hath not turned back from his way, He in his iniquity doth die, And thou thy soul hast delivered.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn't turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 3:19 : 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 3:21 : 21 Nevertheless 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.
• Acts 13:40 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
• Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 18:5-6 : 5 And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. 6 And when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'
• Acts 20:26 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
• Acts 28:23-28 : 23 And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till evening. 24 And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some did not believe. 25 And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word, The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, 26 saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive. 27 For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, so that I should heal them. 28 Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.
• 2 Cor 2:15-17 : 15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things? 17 For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
• Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousy, wrath, strife, seditious, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
• Eph 5:3-6 : 3 But sexual immorality, and all impurity, or greed, let it not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse joking, which are not fitting: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this you know, that no sexually immoral, unclean, or greedy person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.
• Phil 3:18-19 : 18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.
• 1 Thess 4:3-8 : 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor; 5 Not in passionate lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 8 Therefore he who despises does not despise man, but God, who has also given unto us His Holy Spirit.
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:
• Luke 12:47 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
• John 8:24 : 24 I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.
• Prov 15:10 : 10 Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.