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Ezekiel 18:23

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23mHave I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

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Footnotes

  1. mver. 32. ch. 33:11. 1 Tim. 2:4, 6. 2 Pet. 3:9. So 2 Esdr. 8:59. Wisd. 1:13. Tit. 2:11. Comp. Ex. 34:6, 7. Isai. 27:4. Nahum 1:3.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Instead, don’t I take pleasure when he turns from his ways and lives?

NLTNew Living Translation

“Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign Lord. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Have I delight by any means in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord Yahweh, and not at his turning from his way, so that he lives?