Ezekiel 18:23

King James Version (KJV)

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?

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

22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

23 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?

24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

25 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?

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Ezekiel 18:23 in every translation

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?
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?
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?