Ezekiel

Ezekiel 18:19

¹⁹Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’

Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet you may ask	וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם	wa·’ă·mar·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Why	מַדֻּ֛עַ	mad·du·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
shouldn’t the son	הַבֵּ֖ן	hab·bên	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son
bear	נָשָׂ֥א	nā·śā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
the iniquity	בַּעֲוֺ֣ן	ba·‘ă·wōn	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
of his father	הָאָ֑ב	hā·’āḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1 father
Since the son	וְהַבֵּ֞ן	wə·hab·bên	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son
has done	עָשָׂ֗ה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
what is just	מִשְׁפָּ֧ט	miš·pāṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment
and right	וּצְדָקָ֣ה	ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H6666 righteousness
carefully	שָׁמַ֛ר	šā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
observing	וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה	way·ya·‘ă·śeh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
My statutes	חֻקּוֹתַ֥י	ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H2708 something prescribed, enactment, statute
he will surely live	חָיֹ֥ה	ḥā·yōh	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H2421 live

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Exodus 20:5 · Zechariah 1:3–6 · Ezekiel 18:9 · Ezekiel 20:18–20 · Ezekiel 18:2 · Jeremiah 15:4 · Deuteronomy 5:9 · 2 Kings 23:26 · Ezekiel 20:24 · Lamentations 5:7 · Ezekiel 20:30

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.