Ezekiel 18:28 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And he seeth and turneth back, From all his transgressions that he hath done, He doth surely live, he doth not die,

Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

English Amplified

Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions which he has committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions which he has committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He will certainly live because he thought it over and turned from all the transgressions he had committed; he will not die.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Because he considereth, and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

English EASY 2024

That wicked person realized that he was doing bad things. So he turned away from his sins. Because of that he will certainly continue to live. He will not die.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They saw how wicked they were and came back to me. They stopped doing the evil things they did in the past. So they will live! They will not die!"

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He realizes what he is doing and stops sinning, so he will certainly not die, but go on living.

English God's Word - GW 1995

He realized what he was doing and turned away from all the rebellious things that he had done. He will certainly live. He will not die.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He will certainly live because he thought it over and turned from all the transgressions he had committed; he will not die.

English KJV 1611

Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Again, he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had done; he shall surely live; he shall not die.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

since he has turned away from all the sins which he committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He thinks about all of the evil things he has done. And he turns away from them. So you can be sure he will live. He will not die.

Because he considers all the offenses he has committed and turns away from them, he will surely live; he will not die.

English NKJ 1982

Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

They will live, because after thinking it over, they decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed, they shall surely live; they shall not die.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Having considered his ways and having chosen to renounce all his former sins, he will most certainly live and not die.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

for he has thought it over and decided to turn from his sins and live a good life. He shall surely live—he shall not die.

English Tyndale 1537

For in so much as he remembereth himself, and turneth him from all the ungodliness, that he had used, he shall live, and not die.(because he feared and turned from all his wickedness which he did, he shall live and not die, saith the Lorde almighty.)