Ezekiel 18:29
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Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
In other translations
Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Hebrew words
וְאָמְרוּve'ameruand they sayH559בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לֹאlo'notH3808יִתָּכֵןyitakhenit is correctH8505דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] way ofH1870אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136הַדְּרָכַיhaderakhai¿ ways myH1870לֹאlo'notH3808יִתָּכְנּוּyitakhenuare they correctH8505בֵּיתbeitO house ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478הֲלֹאhalo'¿ notH3808דַרְכֵיכֶםdarkheikhemways yourH1870לֹאlo'notH3808יִתָּכֵן׃yitakhenis it correctH8505
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
- Ezekiel 18:25Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
- Ezekiel 18:2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
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