Ezekiel 33:17
New International Version
“Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

New Living Translation
“Your people are saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right,’ but it is they who are not doing what’s right.

English Standard Version
“Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just,’ when it is their own way that is not just.

Berean Standard Bible
Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

King James Bible
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

New King James Version
“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!

New American Standard Bible
“Yet your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right.

NASB 1995
“Yet your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right.

NASB 1977
“Yet your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Yet the sons of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right.

Amplified Bible
“Yet your people [who are in exile in Babylon] say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right;’ but as for them, it is their own way that is not right.

Christian Standard Bible
“ ‘But your people say, “The Lord’s way isn’t fair,” even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But your people say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair,’ even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.

American Standard Version
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the children of your people were saying: ‘The way of LORD JEHOVAH is not right!’ It is their ways that are not right

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Yet the children of thy people will say, The way of the Lord is not straight: whereas this their way is not straight.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, your people accuse me of being unfair. But they are the ones who are unfair.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.

English Revised Version
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"But your people say, 'The Lord's way is unfair.' Yet, their ways are unfair.

Good News Translation
"And your people say that what I do isn't right! No, it's their way that isn't right.

International Standard Version
"Nevertheless, your people's children keep saying, 'Living life the Lord's way isn't right,' when all the while it is their way of living that isn't right.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Yet the children of thy people say: The way of the Lord is not equal; but as for them, their way is not equal.

Literal Standard Version
And the sons of your people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, | As for them—their way is not pondered.

Majority Standard Bible
Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

New American Bible
Your people say, “The way of the LORD is not fair!” But it is their way that is not fair.

NET Bible
"Yet your people say, 'The behavior of the Lord is not right,' when it is their behavior that is not right.

New Revised Standard Version
Yet your people say, “The way of the Lord is not just,” when it is their own way that is not just.

New Heart English Bible
"Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the LORD is not just': but as for them, their way is not just.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

World English Bible
“‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them -- their way is not pondered.

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Context
The Message of the Watchman
16None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live. 17Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just. 18If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 18:25
Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

Ezekiel 33:2
"Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: 'Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

Ezekiel 33:16
None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

Ezekiel 33:18
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.


Treasury of Scripture

Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Ezekiel 33:20
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Ezekiel 18:25,29
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? …

Job 35:2
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

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Ezekiel 33
1. According to the duty of a watchman in warning the people
7. Ezekiel is admonished of his duty
10. God shows the justice of his ways toward the penitent and toward revolters
17. He maintains his justice
21. Upon the news of the taking of Jerusalem
25. he prophecies the desolation of the land
30. God's judgment upon the mockers of the prophets














Verse 17. - The way of the Lord is not equal. The prophet now proclaims what he had been taught, perhaps then, without proclaiming it, in Ezekiel 18:25-30. Men are dealt with by the Divine Judge, not as their fathers have Been before them, not even as they themselves have been in times past, but exactly as they are. Where could there be a more perfect rule of equity? The question how far Ezekiel thinks of the judgment itself as final, whether there is the possibility of repentance and pardon after it has fallen, and during its continuance, is not directly answered. He is speaking, we must remember, of a judgment on this side the grave, and therefore what we call the problems of eschatology were not before him. But the language of the document which lies at the basis of his theology (Leviticus 26:41) asserts that if men repented and, "accepted" their earthly punishment, then Jehovah would remember his covenant, and would not destroy them utterly. And his own language as to Sodom and Samaria (Ezekiel 16:53) indicates a leaning to the wider hope. If the problems of the unseen world had been brought before him, we may believe that he would have dealt with them as with those with which he actually came in contact, and that there also his words would have been, "O house of Israel, O sons of men, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?"

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Yet your people
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

say,
וְאָמְרוּ֙ (wə·’ā·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘The way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of the LORD
אֲדֹנָ֑י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

is not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

just.’
יִתָּכֵ֖ן (yit·tā·ḵên)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8505: To balance, measure out, arrange, equalize, levelling

But it is
וְהֵ֖מָּה (wə·hêm·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

their way
דַּרְכָּ֥ם (dar·kām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

that is not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

just.
יִתָּכֵֽן׃ (yit·tā·ḵên)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8505: To balance, measure out, arrange, equalize, levelling


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