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?


In Context

20 The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

21 But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

22 None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

23 Have 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?

24 But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

25 Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren't 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Have 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?

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 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?