Ezekiel 18:30

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,

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:21 : 21 And the wicked -- when he turneth back From all his sins that he hath done, And he hath kept all My statutes, And hath done judgment and righteousness, He doth surely live, he doth not die.
• Hos 12:6 : 6 And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.
• Joel 2:12-13 : 12 And also now -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation. 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful `is' He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.
• Ezek 33:20 : 20 And ye have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, Each according to his ways do I judge you, O house of Israel.'
• Ezek 14:6 : 6 `Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye back, yea, turn ye back from your idols, and from all your abominations turn back your faces,
• Ezek 7:3 : 3 Now `is' the end unto thee, And I have sent Mine anger upon thee, And judged thee according to thy ways, And set against thee all thine abominations.
• Luke 13:3 : 3 No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.
• Luke 13:5 : 5 No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'
• Rom 2:5 : 5 but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But -- in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?
• Matt 3:2 : 2 and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'
• Matt 3:8 : 8 bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,
• Matt 16:27 : 27 `For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.
• Matt 25:32 : 32 and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,
• Ezek 34:20 : 20 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah to them: Lo, I -- even I, have judged between fat sheep and lean sheep.
• Dan 9:13 : 13 as it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil hath come upon us, and we have not appeased the face of Jehovah our God to turn back from our iniquities, and to act wisely in Thy truth.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.
• Ezek 33:9 : 9 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.
• Eccl 3:17 : 17 I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time `is' to every matter and for every work there.'
• Ezek 7:8-9 : 8 Now, shortly I pour out My fury on thee, And have completed Mine anger against thee, And judged thee according to thy ways, And set against thee all thine abominations. 9 And not pity doth Mine eye, nor do I spare, According to thy ways unto thee I give, And thine abominations are in thy midst, And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah the smiter.
• Ezek 7:27 : 27 The king doth become a mourner, And a prince putteth on desolation, And the hands of the people of the land are troubled, From their own way I deal with them, And with their own judgments I judge them, And they have known that I `am' Jehovah!'
• 2 Cor 5:10-11 : 10 for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things `done' through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil; 11 having known, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, and to God we are manifested, and I hope also in your consciences to have been manifested;
• Gal 6:4-5 : 4 and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other, 5 for each one his own burden shall bear.
• Jas 1:15 : 15 afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,
• Rev 2:5 : 5 remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place -- if thou mayest not reform;
• Rev 2:16 : 16 `Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 2:21-23 : 21 and I did give to her a time that she might reform from her whoredom, and she did not reform; 22 lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation -- if they may not repent of their works, 23 and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;
• Rev 22:12 : 12 And lo, I come quickly, and my reward `is' with me, to render to each as his work shall be;
• Acts 26:20 : 20 but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;