Ezekiel

Ezekiel 3:20

²⁰Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin,^d and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Footnotes

d 3:20 Or for his sin

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now if a righteous man	צַדִּ֤יק	ṣad·dîq	Adjective - masculine singular	H6662 just, righteous
turns	וּבְשׁ֨וּב	ū·ḇə·šūḇ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7725 turn back, return
from his righteousness	מִצִּדְקוֹ֙	miṣ·ṣiḏ·qōw	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6664 rightness, righteousness
and commits	וְעָ֣שָׂה	wə·‘ā·śāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
iniquity	עָ֔וֶל	‘ā·wel	Noun - masculine singular	H5766 injustice, unrighteousness
and I put	וְנָתַתִּ֥י	wə·nā·ṯat·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
a stumbling block	מִכְשׁ֛וֹל	miḵ·šō·wl	Noun - masculine singular	H4383 a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block
before him	לְפָנָ֖יו	lə·p̄ā·nāw	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
he	ה֣וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
will die	יָמ֑וּת	yā·mūṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
If	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you did not	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
warn him	הִזְהַרְתּוֹ֙	hiz·har·tōw	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H2094 be light, shining
he will die	יָמ֔וּת	yā·mūṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
in his sin	בְּחַטָּאת֣וֹ	bə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion
and the righteous acts	צִדְקֹתָו֙	ṣiḏ·qō·ṯå̄w	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6666 righteousness
he did	עָשָׂ֔ה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
will not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be remembered	תִזָּכַ֗רְןָ	ṯiz·zā·ḵar·nā	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H2142 remember
And I will hold you	מִיָּדְךָ֥	mî·yā·ḏə·ḵā	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3027 hand
responsible for	אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃	’ă·ḇaq·qêš	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1245 seek
his blood	וְדָמ֖וֹ	wə·ḏā·mōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1818 blood

Cross-references

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Ezekiel 18:24 · Ezekiel 33:12–13 · Ezekiel 18:26 · Ezekiel 3:18 · Romans 2:7–8 · Hebrews 10:38 · 2 Peter 2:18–22 · Psalm 125:5 · 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12 · 1 John 2:19 · Isaiah 64:6 · Isaiah 8:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.