Ezekiel 18:23
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Do you think I take any pleasure in the death of wicked men and women? Isn’t it my pleasure that they turn around, no longer living wrong but living right—really living?
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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?
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Have 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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