American 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; "
— Ezekiel 33:14, American 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;”
“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;”
“Suppose I say to the wicked,‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.”
“And it I shall say to the wicked: Thou shalt surely die: and he do penance for his sin, and do judgment and justice,”
“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;”
“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;”
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.
When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die.
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;
if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.