Ezekiel 18:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. ”

• Ezekiel 18:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  The son , he. Reference to Pentateuch (Deu 24:26). App-92. the righteous . a righteous one. wickedness... the wicked . Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. the wicked . a lawless one. Hebrew text margin,...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Ezekiel still pursues the sentiment which we have explained, namely, that God is a just judge and treats every one according to his conduct; as Paul says, As each has lived in the flesh, so God...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, an...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  God's Equity vindicated The popular view of Israel's calamities, as expressed in a current proverb, was that they were the punishment of the sins of former generations. Though there was a measure...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE RELIGION OF THE INDIVIDUAL Ezekiel 18:1-32 IN the sixteenth chapter, as we have seen, Ezekiel has asserted in the most unqualified terms the validity of the principle of national retributio...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Reversal of the Divine Judgment Ezekiel 18:14-32 The Jews of Ezekiel's day asserted that God's dealings with their nation were not just, because they were suffering, not for their own sins,...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The next prophecy was directed against the false attitude of mind obtaining among the exiled people, which had expressed itself in a proverb, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's t...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I include all these verses under one view in reading, the better to gather also into one view the just and unalterable reasoning of the Lord upon them. Here are three cases stated, in a father, and a...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ‘The soul that sinneth, it shall die.’ Ezekiel 18:20 I. Does Holy Writ really affirm, despite the sound of certain familiar but isolated texts and the use that has b...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The soul that sinneth, it shall die ,.... This is repeated from Ezekiel 18:4 , for the further confirmation of it: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, an...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? God here puts into the prophet's mouth what he knew the Jews would object (at least in their minds) to the foregoing declarations,...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Ways of God Justified; God's Vindication of Himself. B. C. 593.       10 If he beget a s...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Ezekiel 18:4 . The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: this is a most unquestionable truth, and though perhaps it may seem o...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “When the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he will surely live. The person who sins, he will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the fath...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  ( Ezekiel 18:10-20 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES—Two cases are here supposed: (1). That of a righteous father who begets an unrighteous son. (2). That of a righteous son who refuses to copy the evil example...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Ezekiel 18:20 ( Exodus 20:5 ) These passages severally profess to give a rule of Divine dealing, if not with the world generally at least with the people of Israel. And at first sight certainly...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ezekiel 18:2 . The fathers have eaten sour (unripe) grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. Chaldaic, the children follow them. This proverb threw the blame on their fathers, on Adam,...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ezekiel 18:1 , Ezekiel 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb, etc.? Another and entirely different section opens, and we see at once from what it started. Ezekiel ha...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Principle of God's Avenging Justice

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 14:13 ; 1 Kings 8:32 ; 1 Peter 2:24 ; 2 Chronicles 25:4 ; 2 Chronicles 6:23 ; 2 Chronicles 6:30 ; 2 Kings 14:6 ; 2 Kings 22:18-20 ; Deuteronomy 24:16 ; Ezekiel 18:13 ; Ezekiel 18:3...

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• Ezekiel 18:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Shall not bear — This is a most unquestionable truth; and tho' perhaps it may seem otherwise in some cases, yet could we see perfectly the connexion between persons and persons; could we see the co...

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