American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. The word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto me again[H559], saying,

2. What mean ye[H4911], that ye use this proverb[H4912] concerning the land[H127] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], The fathers[H1] have eaten[H398] sour grapes[H1155], and the children[H1121]'s teeth[H8127] are set on edge[H6949]?

3. As I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], ye shall not have occasion any more to use[H4911] this proverb[H4912] in Israel[H3478].

4. Behold[H5315], all souls are mine[H5315]; as the soul of the father[H1], so also the soul[H5315] of the son[H1121] is mine[H5315]: the soul that sinneth[H2398], it shall die[H4191].

5. But if a man[H376] be just[H6662], and do[H6213] that which is lawful[H4941] and right[H6666],

6. and hath not eaten[H398] upon the mountains[H2022], neither hath lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869] to the idols[H1544] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], neither hath defiled[H2930] his neighbor[H7453]'s wife[H802], neither hath come near[H7126] to a woman[H802] in her impurity[H5079],

7. and hath not wronged[H3238] any[H376], but hath restored[H7725] to the debtor[H2326] his pledge[H2258], hath taken[H1497] nought by robbery[H1500], hath given[H5414] his bread[H3899] to the hungry[H7457], and hath covered[H3680] the naked[H5903] with a garment[H899];

8. he that hath not given forth[H5414] upon interest[H5392], neither hath taken[H3947] any increase[H8636], that hath withdrawn[H7725] his hand[H3027] from iniquity[H5766], hath executed[H6213] true[H571] justice[H4941] between man[H376] and man[H376],

9. hath walked[H1980] in my statutes[H2708], and hath kept[H8104] mine ordinances[H4941], to deal[H6213] truly[H571]; he is just[H6662], he shall surely[H2421] live[H2421], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].

10. If he beget[H3205] a son[H1121] that is a robber[H6530], a shedder[H8210] of blood[H1818], and that doeth[H6213] any[H251] one of these things[H259],

11. and that doeth[H6213] not any of those duties[H398], but even hath eaten upon the mountains[H2022], and defiled[H2930] his neighbor[H7453]'s wife[H802],

12. hath wronged[H3238] the poor[H6041] and needy[H34], hath taken[H1497] by robbery[H1500], hath not restored[H7725] the pledge[H2258], and hath lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869] to the idols[H1544], hath committed[H6213] abomination[H8441],

13. hath given forth[H5414] upon interest[H5392], and hath taken[H3947] increase[H8636]; shall he then live[H2425]? he shall not live[H2421]: he hath done[H6213] all these abominations[H8441]; he shall surely[H4191] die[H4191]; his blood shall be upon him[H1818].

14. Now[H3205], lo, if he beget a son[H1121], that seeth[H7200] all his father[H1]'s sins[H2403], which he hath done[H6213], and feareth[H7200], and doeth[H6213] not such like[H2004];

15. that hath not eaten[H398] upon the mountains[H2022], neither hath lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869] to the idols[H1544] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], hath not defiled[H2930] his neighbor[H7453]'s wife[H802],

16. neither hath wronged[H3238] any[H376], hath not taken[H2254] aught to pledge[H2258], neither hath taken[H1497] by robbery[H1500], but hath given[H5414] his bread[H3899] to the hungry[H7457], and hath covered[H3680] the naked[H5903] with a garment[H899];

17. that hath withdrawn[H7725] his hand[H3027] from the poor[H6041], that hath not received[H3947] interest[H5392] nor increase[H8636], hath executed[H6213] mine ordinances[H4941], hath walked[H1980] in my statutes[H2708]; he shall not die[H4191] for the iniquity[H5771] of his father[H1], he shall surely[H2421] live[H2421].

18. As for his father[H1], because he cruelly[H6233] oppressed[H6231], robbed[H1497, 1499] his brother[H251], and did[H6213] that which is not good[H2896] among[H8432] his people[H5971], behold[H4191], he shall die in his iniquity[H5771].

19. Yet say[H559] ye[H1121], Wherefore doth not the son bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of the father[H1]? when the son[H1121] hath done[H6213] that which is lawful[H4941] and right[H6666], and hath kept[H8104] all my statutes[H2708], and hath done[H6213] them[H2421], he shall surely live[H2421].

20. The soul[H5315] that sinneth[H2398], it shall die[H4191]: the son[H1121] shall not bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of the father[H1], neither shall the father[H1] bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of the son[H1121]; the righteousness[H6666] of the righteous[H6662] shall be upon him[H7564], and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him[H7563].

21. But if the wicked[H7563] turn[H7725] from all his sins[H2403] that he hath committed[H6213], and keep[H8104] all my statutes[H2708], and do[H6213] that which is lawful[H4941] and right[H6666], he shall surely[H2421] live[H2421], he shall not die[H4191].

22. None of his transgressions[H6588] that he hath committed[H6213] shall be remembered[H2142] against him[H6666]: in his righteousness that he hath done[H6213] he shall live[H2421].

23. Have I any[H2654] pleasure[H2654] in the death[H4194] of the wicked[H7563]? saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]; and not rather that he should return[H7725] from his way[H1870], and live[H2421]?

24. But when the righteous[H6662] turneth away[H7725] from his righteousness[H6666], and committeth[H6213] iniquity[H5766], and doeth[H6213] according to all the abominations[H8441] that the wicked[H7563] man doeth[H6213], shall he live[H2425]? None of his righteous[H6666] deeds that he hath done[H6213] shall be remembered[H2142]: in his trespass[H4603] that he hath trespassed[H4604], and in his sin[H2403] that he hath sinned[H2398], in them shall he die[H4191].

25. Yet ye say[H559], The way[H1870] of the Lord[H136] is not equal[H8505]. Hear[H8085] now[H1004], O house of Israel[H3478]: Is not my way[H1870] equal[H8505]? are not your ways[H1870] unequal[H8505]?

26. When the righteous[H6662] man turneth away[H7725] from his righteousness[H6666], and committeth[H6213] iniquity[H5766], and dieth[H4191] therein[H5766]; in his iniquity that he hath done[H6213] shall he die[H4191].

27. Again[H7563], when the wicked man turneth away[H7725] from his wickedness[H7564] that he hath committed[H6213], and doeth[H6213] that which is lawful[H4941] and right[H6666], he shall save[H2421] his soul[H5315] alive[H2421].

28. Because he considereth[H7200], and turneth away[H7725] from all his transgressions[H6588] that he hath committed[H6213], he shall surely[H2421] live[H2421], he shall not die[H4191].

29. Yet saith[H559] the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], The way[H1870] of the Lord[H136] is not equal[H8505]. O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], are not my ways[H1870] equal[H8505]? are not your ways[H1870] unequal[H8505]?

30. Therefore I will judge[H8199] you[H1004], O house of Israel[H3478], every one[H376] according to his ways[H1870], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]. Return[H7725] ye[H7725], and turn yourselves from all your transgressions[H6588]; so iniquity[H5771] shall not be your ruin[H4383].

31. Cast away[H7993] from you all your transgressions[H6588], wherein ye have transgressed[H6586]; and make[H6213] you a new[H2319] heart[H3820] and a new[H2319] spirit[H7307]: for why will ye die[H4191], O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]?

32. For I have no pleasure[H2654] in the death[H4194] of him that dieth[H4191], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H136]: wherefore turn[H7725] yourselves[H2421], and live.