^18:9and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out.¹² That man¹³ is righteous; he will certainly live,¹⁴ declares the sovereign Lord.

^18:10“Suppose such a man has¹⁵ a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things¹⁶ mentioned previously

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Footnotes

12 The reads לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱמֶת (la’asot ’emet, “to do with integrity”), while the reads “to do them,” presupposing לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתָם (la’asot ’otam). The ם (mem) and ת (tav) have been reversed in the . The refelcts the original, supported by similar phrasing in Ezekiel 11:20; 20:19.
13 Heb “he.”
14 Heb “living, he will live.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
15 Heb “begets.”
16 Heb “and he does, a brother, from one of these.” If “brother” is retained, it may be an adverbial accusative, “against a brother” (i.e., fellow Israelite). But the form is likely dittographic (note the אח [aleph-heth] combination in the following form).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.

“If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He follows my decrees

and faithfully keeps my laws.

That man is righteous;

he will surely live,

declares the Sovereign Lord.

“Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He follows my statutes and keeps my ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

“But suppose the man has a violent son, who sheds blood and does any of these things,

NLTNew Living Translation

and faithfully obeys my decrees and regulations. Anyone who does these things is just and will surely live, says the Sovereign Lord.

“But suppose that man has a son who grows up to be a robber or murderer and refuses to do what is right.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and in my statutes he goes about and my regulations he keeps, performing faithfully —then he is righteous, and certainly he will live,” declares the Lord Yahweh.

“And now he has a son, a violent one, who sheds blood and does any of these things

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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

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