Ezekiel 18:11
New International Version
(though the father has done none of them): “He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbor’s wife.

New Living Translation
And that son does all the evil things his father would never do—he worships idols on the mountains, commits adultery,

English Standard Version
(though he himself did none of these things), who even eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Berean Standard Bible
though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

King James Bible
And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

New King James Version
And does none of those duties, But has eaten on the mountains Or defiled his neighbor’s wife;

New American Standard Bible
(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

NASB 1995
(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

NASB 1977
(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Legacy Standard Bible
(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife;

Amplified Bible
(though the father did not do any of these things), that is, the son even eats [the food set before idols] at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Christian Standard Bible
though the father has done none of them. Indeed, when the son eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
though the father has done none of them. Indeed, when the son eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

American Standard Version
and that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he will eat on the mountains or will defile the wife of his neighbor

Brenton Septuagint Translation
who has not walked in the way of his righteous father, but has even eaten upon the mountains, and has defiled his neighbor's wife,

Contemporary English Version
his father never did. He eats meat at local shrines, has sex with someone else's wife,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Though he doth not all these things, but that eateth upon the mountains, and that defileth his neighbour's wife:

English Revised Version
and that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
that his father never did. He eats at the illegal mountain worship sites. He dishonors his neighbor's wife.

Good News Translation
that the father never did. He eats sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines and seduces other men's wives.

International Standard Version
even though the father hasn't done any of these things. The son who eats at mountain shrines, defiles his neighbor's wife,

JPS Tanakh 1917
whereas he himself had not done any of these things, for he hath even eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

Literal Standard Version
And he has not done all those, | For he has even eaten on the mountains, | And he has defiled his neighbor’s wife,

Majority Standard Bible
though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

New American Bible
even though the father does none of them—a son who eats on the mountains, defiles the wife of his neighbor,

NET Bible
(though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,

New Revised Standard Version
who does any of these things (though his father does none of them), who eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

New Heart English Bible
and who does not any of those duties, but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

Webster's Bible Translation
And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

World English Bible
or who does not do any of those things but has eaten at the mountain shrines and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

Young's Literal Translation
And he all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour he hath defiled,

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Context
A Proverb about Israel
10Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things, 11though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife. 12He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

Ezekiel 18:10
Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,

Ezekiel 22:11
One man commits an abomination with his neighbor's wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father's daughter.


Treasury of Scripture

And that does not any of those duties, but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

that

Ezekiel 18:7
And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Matthew 7:21-27
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven…

Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

eaten

Ezekiel 18:6,15
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, …

1 Kings 13:8,22
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: …

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Ezekiel 18
1. God defends his justice
31. and exhorts to repentance














Verse 11. - The word "duties" is not in the Hebrew, but is legitimately introduced as expressing Ezekiel's meaning, where the mere pronoun by itself would have been ambiguous. In English we might say, "He does these things: he does not do those;" but this does not fall in with the Hebrew idiom.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
though the father
וְה֕וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

has done
עָשָׂ֑ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

none
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

of them:
אֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

‘Indeed,
גַ֤ם (ḡam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

the son eats
אָכַ֔ל (’ā·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

at
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the mountain
הֶֽהָרִים֙ (he·hā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

and defiles
טִמֵּֽא׃ (ṭim·mê)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean

his neighbor’s
רֵעֵ֖הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

wife.
אֵ֥שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female


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