Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

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

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He follows my decrees(A)
    and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;(B)
    he will surely live,(C)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood(D) or does any of these other things[a] 11 (though the father has done none of them):

“He eats at the mountain shrines.(E)
He defiles his neighbor’s wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:10 Or things to a brother