The Meaning of Ezekiel 18:29 Explained

Ezekiel 18:29

KJV: Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

YLT: And the house of Israel have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord, My ways -- are they not pondered? O house of Israel -- are not your ways unpondered?

Darby: But the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? Is it not your ways that are unequal?

ASV: Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Ezekiel 18:29?

MEANING: What does Ezekiel 18:29 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Ezekiel 18:29 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Ezekiel 18:29?

What is the context of Ezekiel 18:29?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

What does Ezekiel 18:29 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Nevertheless the Israelites were claiming that God"s ways were not right. It was really their ways that were not right (cf. Ezekiel 18:25).

Context Summary

Ezekiel 18:14-32 - The Reversal Of The Divine Judgment

The Jews of Ezekiel's day asserted that God's dealings with their nation were not just, because they were suffering, not for their own sins, but for their fathers'. God here makes it clear that He deals with individuals according to their deserts. The guilty son of a good father does not escape punishment because of his father's virtues; and the good son of evil parents reaps the reward of his own goodness. What a well of comfort is supplied by Ezekiel 18:21-22! God pledges Himself that forgiven sin shall not even be mentioned. This solemn covenant should be appropriated and its fulfillment claimed, by those who through all their lifetime have been subject to bondage because of their past. We must not be content with an outward amendment; there must be, and there can be, through the grace of the Holy Spirit, an inward and radical change. This impossible command drives us to the Holy Spirit, Psalms 51:10; Psalms 51:12. As Augustine puts it: "Give what thou requirest, and require what thou wilt." [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 18

¹ God defends his justice
³¹ and exhorts to repentance

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 18:29 mean?

And yet says the house of Israel not is just The way of the Lord is it My ways which are just house not and your ways which are just

וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יִתָּכֵ֖ן דֶּ֣רֶךְ אֲדֹנָ֑י הַדְּרָכַ֞י ؟ יִתָּֽכְנּוּ֙‪‬ בֵּ֣ית הֲלֹ֥א דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם ؟ יִתָּכֵֽן

וְאָֽמְרוּ֙	And yet says
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
בֵּ֣ית	the house
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	of Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יִתָּכֵ֖ן	is just
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: תָּכַן Sense: to regulate, measure, estimate, ponder, balance, make even, level, weigh, be equal, be weighed out, test, prove.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	The way
Parse: Noun, common singular construct Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
אֲדֹנָ֑י	of the Lord
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲדֹנָי Sense: my lord, lord.
הַדְּרָכַ֞י	is it My ways
Parse: Article, Noun, common plural construct, first person common singular Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
؟ יִתָּֽכְנּוּ֙‪‬	which are just
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: תָּכַן Sense: to regulate, measure, estimate, ponder, balance, make even, level, weigh, be equal, be weighed out, test, prove.
בֵּ֣ית	house
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם	and your ways
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
؟ יִתָּכֵֽן	which are just
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: תָּכַן Sense: to regulate, measure, estimate, ponder, balance, make even, level, weigh, be equal, be weighed out, test, prove.

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Similar Scriptures for Ezekiel 18:29

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