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Ezekiel 3:18Ezek.3.18

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Quand je dirai au méchant: Tu mourras! si tu ne l'avertis pas, si tu ne parles pas pour détourner le méchant de sa mauvaise voie et pour lui sauver la vie, ce méchant mourra dans son iniquité, et je te redemanderai son sang.

KJV

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Patristic reading

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  • Lucifer of Cagliari

    Book on Not Sparing Those Who Sin Against God

    he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning; and you will have delivered your soul. Ezekiel 3:16-21. What do you say to this, Constantius? Should the priests of God remain silent and hide the divine commands from them? Or is it fitting to reveal to you all the co…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    another's will to sin; secondly, indirectly, namely be not preventing someone from sinning. Hence ( Ezech. 3:18 ) it is said to the watchman: "If thou say not to the wicked: 'Thou shalt surely die' [*Vulg.: "If, when I say to the wicked, 'Thou shalt surely die,' thou declare it n…
  • Augustine of Hippo

    NPNF1-05. St. Augustine: Anti-Pelagian Writings

    2-33 31:33 31:33 31:33 31:33 31:33-34 31:34 31:34 31:34 31:34 31:34 31:34 32:32 32:40 32:40 32:40-41 Ezekiel 3:18 11:19 11:19 11:19 11:19-20 14:9 14:9 14:14 16:49 18 18:1-4 18:6 18:31-32 28:3 36:22 36:22 36:22 36:22-27 36:26 36:26 36:26 36:26-27 36:27 36:27 36:27 36:32 Daniel 7:1…

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