23Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?


In Context

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

21 And the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do judgment and justice, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

22 None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him; in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live.

23 Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?

24 And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

25 And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Ezekiel 18:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: [and] not that he should return from his ways, and live?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD . Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord GOD: and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Do I at all desire the death of the wicked? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Is it not in his turning back from his way — And he hath lived?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? said the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?