Ezekiel 33:20
New International Version
Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”

New Living Translation
O people of Israel, you are saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right.’ But I judge each of you according to your deeds.”

English Standard Version
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”

Berean Standard Bible
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.”

New American Standard Bible
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.”

NASB 1995
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”

NASB 1977
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”

Amplified Bible
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ O house of Israel, I will judge you, every one [of you] in accordance with his own ways!”

Christian Standard Bible
Yet you say, “The Lord’s way isn’t fair.” I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.’ ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.”

American Standard Version
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you were saying, ‘The way of LORD JEHOVAH is not right.’ I shall judge you, each man, according to his ways, house of Israel

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And this is that which ye said, The way of the Lord is not straight. I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one for his ways.

Contemporary English Version
But the Israelites still think I am unfair. So warn them that they will be punished for what they have done.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you say: The way of the Lord is not right, I will judge every one of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.

English Revised Version
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Yet, the people of Israel say, 'The Lord's way is unfair.' I will judge each of you by your own ways, people of Israel."

Good News Translation
But Israel, you say that what I do isn't right. I am going to judge you by what you do."

International Standard Version
"And yet you keep saying, 'Living life the Lord's way isn't right,' But I will judge every one of you according to the way you live, you house of Israel!"

JPS Tanakh 1917
Yet ye say: The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.'

Literal Standard Version
And you have said, The way of the Lord is not pondered; I judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

Majority Standard Bible
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

New American Bible
But still you say, “The way of the LORD is not fair!” I will judge each of you according to your ways, house of Israel.

NET Bible
Yet you say, 'The behavior of the Lord is not right.' House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior."

New Revised Standard Version
Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not just.” O house of Israel, I will judge all of you according to your ways!

New Heart English Bible
Yet you say, 'The way of the LORD is not just.' House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways."

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’”

Young's Literal Translation
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.'

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Context
The Message of the Watchman
19But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this. 20Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

Cross References
Job 34:11
For according to a man's deeds He repays him; according to a man's ways He brings consequences.

Ezekiel 7:8
Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.

Ezekiel 18:25
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 33:12
Therefore, son of man, say to your people: 'The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.'

Ezekiel 33:19
But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.


Treasury of Scripture

Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O you house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Yet

Ezekiel 33:17
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Ezekiel 18:25,29
Yet 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? …

Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

I will

Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Psalm 62:12
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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Ezekiel 33
1. According to the duty of a watchman in warning the people
7. Ezekiel is admonished of his duty
10. God shows the justice of his ways toward the penitent and toward revolters
17. He maintains his justice
21. Upon the news of the taking of Jerusalem
25. he prophecies the desolation of the land
30. God's judgment upon the mockers of the prophets
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Yet you say,
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (wa·’ă·mar·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘The way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of the LORD
אֲדֹנָ֑י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

is not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

just.’
יִתָּכֵ֖ן (yit·tā·ḵên)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8505: To balance, measure out, arrange, equalize, levelling

But I will judge
אֶשְׁפּ֥וֹט (’eš·pō·wṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

each
אִ֧ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of you
אֶתְכֶ֖ם (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

according to his ways,
כִּדְרָכָ֛יו (kiḏ·rā·ḵāw)
Preposition-k | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

O house
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel.”
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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