Ezekiel 18:23

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

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21 But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

22 None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

24 But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.

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?

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Ezekiel 18:23 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
KJV King James Version: Have 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?
WEB World English Bible: Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord GOD, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
ASV American Standard Version: Have 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?
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Do 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?
DBY Darby Translation: 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?
WBS Webster Bible: Have 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?