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Ezekiel 18:23 — Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord…
“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”
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The verses around Ezekiel 18:23.
21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Verse explanation
Repeating that God “has no pleasure in the death of him that dieth” (here and again in verse 32) makes clear that all the warnings and judgments throughout the book have a stated goal: to make the people turn and live, not simply to punish them.
From the Ezekiel 18 study in Bible in Stories.
Ezekiel 18:23 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porventura de qualquer maneira desejaria eu a morte do impio? diz o Senhor Jehovah; porventura não desejo que se converta dos seus caminhos e viva?
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Por acaso eu prefiro a morte do ímpio?,diz o Senhor DEUS, E não que ele se converta de seus caminhos, e viva?
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
¿Acaso me gusta que los malvados mueran? declara el Señor Dios. Claro que no; me encantaría que dejaran de pecar y vivieran.
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