Ezekiel 33:13

KJV

When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

— Ezekiel 33:13, King James Version
Image

Cite This Verse

Ezekiel 33:13 (King James Version).

"Ezekiel 33:13." King James Version. Web.

Ezekiel 33:13, King James Version.

Context

This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 33 connects to 10 cross-references. Renewal of Ezekiel's watchman commission as the news of Jerusalem's fall arrives. The principle of individual responsibility is repeated: turn from your wicked ways for why should you die? Those remaining in the land think they will inherit the land …

Read Ezekiel Chapter 33 →

Other Translations

ASV

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.

YLT

In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And--he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die.

BBE

When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

Cross References