Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness,
New American Standard Bible
“But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,
King James Version
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Holman Bible
“Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
International Standard Version
"If a person is righteous, and practices what's lawful and right,
A Conservative Version
But if a man be just, and does that which is lawful and right.
American Standard Version
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Amplified
“But if a man is righteous (keeps the law) and practices justice and righteousness,
Bible in Basic English
But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,
Darby Translation
And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:
Julia Smith Translation
And if a man shall be just and do judgment and justice,
King James 2000
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
Modern King James verseion
But a man that is just and does what is just and right,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a man be godly, and do the thing that is equal and right,
NET Bible
"Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
New Heart English Bible
"But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
The Emphasized Bible
But when, any man, shall be righteous, and do justice and righteousness:
Webster
But if a man is just, and doeth that which is lawful and right,
World English Bible
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
Youngs Literal Translation
And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,
Themes
Charity » Those that are charitable
Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Idolatry » Those that are not idolaters
Iniquity » Those that abstain from iniquity
Oppression » Those that have not oppressed others
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 18:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Just Treatment Of Individuals, Both Righteous And Wicked
4 Look! {All lives are mine}. {The lives of father and son alike are mine}. The person sinning will die. 5 And if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness, 6 and on the mountains he [does] not eat and he [does] not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he [does] not defile and he [does] not approach a woman of menstruation,
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, that he will command his children and his household after him that they will keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham that which he said to him."
Psalm 15:2-5
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.
Psalm 24:4-6
He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.
Proverbs 21:3
Doing righteousness and justice is [more] acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Jeremiah 22:15
Do you reign as king because you [are] competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and he did justice and righteousness, then it was well with him?
Ezekiel 33:14
And when I say to the wicked, 'Certainly you will die,' but he returns from his sin and he does justice and righteousness--
Matthew 7:21-27
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Romans 2:7-10
to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,
James 1:22-25
But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
James 2:14-26
What [is] the benefit, my brothers, if someone says [that he] has faith but does not have works? That faith [is] not able to save him, [is it]?
1 John 2:3
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:29
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.
1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.
1 John 5:2-5
By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and keep his commandments.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed [are] the ones who wash their robes, so that their authority will be over the tree of life and they may enter into the city through the gates.