Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

New American Standard Bible

When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it.

King James Version

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Holman Bible

When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die on account of this.

International Standard Version

When a righteous man forsakes his own righteousness and commits evil acts, he will die because of those acts,

A Conservative Version

When the righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die in it.

American Standard Version

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.

Amplified

When the righteous turns back from his righteousness and commits injustice, he will also die because of it.

Darby Translation

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.

Julia Smith Translation

In the turning back of the just from his justice and doing iniquity, he shall die in them.

King James 2000

When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die for it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

When [the] righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, then he will die {because of it}.

Modern King James verseion

When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall even die by them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth the thing that is wicked, he shall die therefore.

NET Bible

When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

New Heart English Bible

When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.

The Emphasized Bible

When the righteous man shall turn from his righteousness and commit perversity Then shall he die for them;

Webster

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, for that he shall even die.

World English Bible

When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.

Youngs Literal Translation

In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

עלה עולה עולה עול עול 
`evel 
Usage: 53

מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

Verse Info

Context Readings

Ezekiel Appointed As A Watchman And His Responsibility

17 But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal. 18 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it. 19 And when the evil man, turning away from his evil-doing, does what is ordered and right, he will get life by it.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:12-13

And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 18:26-27

When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

Hebrews 10:38

But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

2 Peter 2:20-22

For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.

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