◄ Ezekiel 18:15 ►
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Good News Translation
He doesn't worship the idols of the Israelites or eat the sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines. He doesn't seduce another man's wife

New Revised Standard Version
who does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

Contemporary English Version
He doesn't eat meat at local shrines or worship Israel's idols, and he doesn't have sex with someone else's wife.

New American Bible
a son who does not eat on the mountains, or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile a neighbor’s wife;

Douay-Rheims Bible
That hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife:

Ezekiel 18:6,7,11-13 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel: and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman: . . .

Context
A Proverb about Israel
…14But if he beget a son, who, seeing all his father's sins, which he hath done, is afraid, and shall not do the like to them: 15That hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife:16And hath not grieved any man, nor withholden the pledge, nor taken away with violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment:…
Cross References
Psalm 24:4
The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

Ezekiel 18:6
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel: and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman:

Ezekiel 18:14
But if he beget a son, who, seeing all his father's sins, which he hath done, is afraid, and shall not do the like to them:

Ezekiel 18:16
And hath not grieved any man, nor withholden the pledge, nor taken away with violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment:

Ezekiel 18:14
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