Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Again
the
word of the
LORD
came
unto me, saying,
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto me, saying,
Son of man, speak to
the children
of thy people, and say
unto them ,
When I bring the
sword
upon
a land
, if
the people of the land take
a
man of their coasts
, and set
him for their
watchman :
`
Son of man, speak unto
the sons
of thy people, and thou
hast
said
unto them :
A
land
--
when I bring in
against
it
a sword
, And
the people of the land have
taken
one
man out
of their borders
, And made
him to
them
for a
watchman .
If
when
he seeth
the sword come
upon
the land, he
blow
the
trumpet, and warn
the people ;
And
he hath
seen
the sword coming
against
the land, And
hath
blown
with
a
trumpet, and hath
warned
the people ,
Then
whosoever
heareth
the sound
of the trumpet, and taketh
not warning ;
if
the sword come
, and take
him away, his blood shall
be
upon
his own
head.
And
the hearer
hath
heard
the
voice
of the trumpet, and he
hath
not taken
warning ,
And
come
in
doth
the sword, and taketh
him away, His blood is
on
his head.
He
heard
the sound
of the trumpet, and took
not warning ;
his blood shall
be
upon
him .
But
he that
taketh
warning shall
deliver
his soul.
The voice
of the trumpet he
heard
, And he
hath
not taken
warning ,
his blood is
on
him ,
And
he who
took
warning his soul hath
delivered
.
But
if
the watchman see
the sword come
, and blow
not the
trumpet, and the people be
not warned ;
if
the
sword
come, and take
any
person
from
among
them, he is
taken
away
in his iniquity ;
but
his blood will
I
require
at
the watchman's
hand.
And
the watchman ,
when
he
seeth
the sword coming
in
, And he
hath
not blown
with
a
trumpet, And the people hath
not been
warned ,
And
come in
doth
a
sword
, And taketh
away
of
them --
a
soul
, He in his iniquity is
taken
away,
And
his blood from
the hand of
the
watchman
I
require
.
So
thou, O
son of man, I
have
set
thee
a watchman unto
the house of Israel ;
therefore
thou shalt
hear
the
word
at
my mouth, and warn
them from me.
And
thou, son of man, A watchman I
gave
thee
to
the house of Israel ,
And
thou hast
heard
from
My mouth a
word
, And thou
hast
warned
them from Me.
When
I
say
unto
the wicked, O wicked man,
thou shalt
surely die ;
if
thou dost
not speak
to warn the wicked from his way, that
wicked man
shall
die
in his iniquity ;
but
his blood will
I require at
thine
hand
.
In
My
saying
to
the wicked, O wicked one
--
thou dost
surely die ,
And
thou hast
not spoken
to warn the wicked from his way, He
--
the
wicked --
in his iniquity doth
die,
And
his blood from
thy
hand
I require.
Nevertheless
, if
thou warn
the wicked of his way to turn from it ;
if
he do
not turn
from his way, he shall
die
in his iniquity ;
but
thou hast
delivered
thy soul.
And
thou
, when
thou hast
warned
the wicked of his way ,
to turn back
from it ,
And
he hath
not turned
back
from his way, He in his iniquity doth
die,
And
thou thy soul hast
delivered
.
Therefore,
O
thou son of man, speak
unto the house of Israel ;
Thus
ye speak
, saying ,
If
our transgressions and our sins be
upon
us, and we
pine
away
in them, how should
we
then live?
And
thou ,
son of man, say
unto the house of Israel :
Rightly
ye have
spoken
, saying :
Surely
our transgressions and our sins `are'
on
us, And in them we
are
wasting
away
, How ,
then ,
do
we
live?
Say unto them, As
I live ,
saith
the Lord GOD
, 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?
Say unto them, I live --
an
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
, I delight
not
in the death of the wicked ,
But --
in
the turning
of
the
wicked from his way ,
And he
hath
lived,
Turn back
, turn back,
from your evil ways ,
Yea,
why do
ye die, O house of Israel?
Therefore,
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 :
as
for
the wickedness of the wicked, he shall
not fall
thereby
in the day that
he
turneth
from his wickedness ;
neither
shall
the righteous be
able to live for
his
righteousness
in the day that
he
sinneth
.
And
thou ,
son of man, say unto the sons
of thy people :
The righteousness of the righteous doth
not deliver him in the day of his transgression ,
And
the wickedness of the wicked, He doth
not stumble
for
it
in the day of
his
turning
from his wickedness ,
And
the righteous is
not
able to live in it
in
the day of
his
sinning
.
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.
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
.
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;
And
in
My
saying
to
the wicked :
Thou surely diest,
And
--
he hath
turned
back
from his sin, And hath
done
judgment
and righteousness,
If
the
wicked
restore
the pledge, give
again
that
he had
robbed
, walk
in the statutes of life, without
committing
iniquity;
he shall
surely live,
he shall
not die.
(
The pledge the
wicked
restoreth
, plunder
he repayeth
, )
In the statutes of life he
hath
walked
, So
as
not
to
do
perversity,
He surely liveth
--
he doth
not die.
None of his sins
that he hath committed
shall
be
mentioned
unto
him :
he hath done that
which
is
lawful
and
right;
he shall
surely live.
None of his sin
that he hath sinned
is
remembered
to
him ,
Judgment
and
righteousness
he hath done ,
He doth
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
.
And
the sons
of thy people have
said:
The way of the Lord is not pondered,
As to
them --
their way is not pondered
.
When
the righteous turneth
from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity,
he shall
even
die
thereby
.
In
the turning
back
of
the
righteous from his righteousness, And he hath
done
perversity
--
he
dieth
for
it
.
But
if
the wicked turn
from his wickedness, and do
that
which
is
lawful
and right
, he shall
live
thereby
.
And
in
the turning
back
of
the
wicked from his wickedness, And he
hath
done
judgment
and righteousness
, by
them
he liveth
.
Yet
ye say,
The way of the Lord is not equal.
O
ye
house
of
Israel
, I will
judge you every
one
after
his
ways
.
And
ye have
said:
The way of the Lord is not pondered
, Each
according
to
his
ways
do
I judge you ,
O
house
of
Israel
. '
And it came
to pass in the twelfth year of
our
captivity,
in the tenth month, in the fifth day
of the month, that
one that
had
escaped out
of
Jerusalem came
unto
me
, saying, The city is
smitten.
And it cometh
to pass ,
in the twelfth year --
in the tenth `
month '
, in the fifth of the month --
of
our
removal
, come
in
unto
me
doth
one who
is
escaped from
Jerusalem, saying, `
The city hath
been
smitten. '
Now
the hand of the
LORD
was
upon
me in the evening, afore
he
that
was
escaped came;
and had
opened
my mouth ,
until
he
came
to
me in the morning ;
and my mouth was
opened
, and I was
no
more
dumb
.
And
the hand of Jehovah
hath
been
unto
me in the evening, before
the
coming
in
of
the
escaped one,
and He
openeth
my mouth till
the
coming
in
unto
me in the morning ,
and opened
is
my mouth, and I have
not
been
silent
again
.
Then
the
word of the
LORD
came
unto me, saying,
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto me, saying,
Son of man, they
that
inhabit
those
wastes
of the land
of Israel speak
, saying ,
Abraham was
one,
and he inherited
the land :
but
we are many ;
the land is
given us
for inheritance
.
`
Son of man, the
inhabitants
of these
wastes
on
the ground
of Israel are
speaking
, saying :
Alone
hath
been
Abraham --
and he possesseth
the land ,
and
we `
are '
many --
to
us
hath
the land been
given for a
possession
.
Wherefore
say unto them ,
Thus saith
the Lord GOD;
Ye
eat
with the blood, and lift
up
your eyes toward
your idols, and shed
blood :
and
shall
ye possess
the land ?
Therefore
say unto them :
Thus said
the Lord Jehovah:
With the blood ye
do
eat
, And your eyes ye
lift
up
unto
your idols, And blood ye shed,
and
the land ye
inherit!
Ye stand
upon
your sword, ye work
abomination, and
ye
defile
every
one
his
neighbour's
wife :
and
shall
ye possess
the land ?
Ye have
stood
on
your sword, Ye have
done
abomination, Each
the
wife of
his
neighbour
ye have
defiled,
And
the land ye
possess!
Say
thou
thus unto them ,
Thus saith
the Lord GOD;
As
I live ,
surely
they that
are in the wastes shall
fall
by the sword ,
and him
that
is
in
the open
field will
I
give
to the beasts
to
be
devoured
, and they that
be
in the
forts
and in the
caves shall
die
of
the
pestilence.
Thus dost
thou
say
unto them :
Thus said
the Lord Jehovah:
I live --
do
not
they who
`
are '
in the wastes by the sword fall?
And they
who
`are'
on
the face
of
the
field ,
To the beast
I
have
given
for
food
, And they who
are
in strongholds
and in caves by
pestilence die
.
For
I will
lay
the land most
desolate
, and the pomp
of her
strength shall
cease;
and the
mountains of Israel shall
be
desolate
, that
none
shall
pass
through.
And
I have
made
the land a
desolation
and
an
astonishment
, And ceased
hath
the excellency
of its
strength ,
And desolated
have
been
mountains of Israel, Without
any
one
passing
through.
Then
shall
they know
that I am the
LORD
, when
I
have
laid
the land most
desolate
because
of
all their abominations which
they have committed
.
And
they have
known
that I `
am '
Jehovah
, In
My
making
the land a
desolation
and
an
astonishment,
For
all their abominations that
they have done
.
Also,
thou son of man, the children
of thy people still
are talking
against
thee by the walls and in the
doors
of the houses, and
speak
one to
another, every
one
to
his brother, saying ,
Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth
from the
LORD
.
And
thou ,
son of man, the sons
of thy people who
are speaking
about
thee ,
By the walls ,
and in openings
of the houses, Have
spoken
one with
another, each
with
his brother, Saying :
Come in
, I pray you, And hear what `
is '
the word that cometh out
from Jehovah
.
And they come unto thee as the people cometh
, and they sit before thee as
my people, and they
hear
thy words, but
they will
not
do them :
for with their mouth they shew
much
love
, but
their
heart
goeth
after their covetousness
.
And they come in
unto thee as the coming
in
of
a
people, And they sit before thee --
My people, And have
heard
thy words, and
they do them not,
For doting
loves
with their mouth they are
making
, After their dishonest
gain
their
heart
is
going
.
And ,
lo, thou art unto
them as a very
lovely
song
of one
that
hath
a pleasant voice, and can
play
well on an instrument :
for
they hear
thy words, but
they do
them
not.
And lo, thou `
art '
to
them as a singer
of doting
loves,
A pleasant voice, and playing
well on an instrument ,
And
they have
heard
thy words, and
they are
not doing
them
.
And when
this
cometh
to
pass,
(
lo, it will
come, )
then
shall
they know
that a prophet hath been among
them.
And in
its
coming
in
--
lo, it hath
come, And
they have
known
that a prophet hath been in
their
midst!'
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