And when a righteous manוּבְ צַדִּיקturnsשׁוּבfrom his righteousnessמִצִּדְקוֹand doesוְעָשָׂהinjustice,עָוֶלand I putוְנָתַתִּיa stumbling blockמִכְשׁוֹלbefore him,לְפָנָיוheהוּאwill die;יָמוּתbecauseכִּיyou did notלֹאwarn him,הִזְהַרְתּוֹfor his sinבְּחַטָּאתוֹhe will die,יָמוּתand his acts of righteousnessצִדְקֹתָוthatאֲשֶׁרhe didעָשָׂהwill notוְלֹאbe remembered,תִזָּכַרְןָbut his bloodוְדָמוֹI will requireאֲבַקֵּשׁfrom your hand.מִיָּדְךָ
Ezekiel 3:20
Study it in the app“And when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does injustice, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die; because you did not warn him, for his sin he will die, and his acts of righteousness that he did will not be remembered, but his blood I will require from your hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 3:20, word by word
- And when a righteous manצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- turnsשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- from his righteousnessצִּדְקtsidk
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsidk” appears- and doesעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- injusticeעָוֶלavel
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avel” appears- and I putנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- a stumbling blockמִכְשׁוֹלmichshol
stumbling block
A stumbling block: something that makes someone fall; an obstacle.
Where else “michshol” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- will dieיָמוּתyamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamut” appears- warn himהִזְהַרְתּhizhart
warn
To alert someone to danger, instruct them.
Where else “hizhart” appears- for his sinחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- and his acts of righteousnessצִדְקֹתָtsidkota
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkota” appears- be rememberedתִזָּכַרְןָtizacharna
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “tizacharna” appears- but his bloodדָמdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- I will requireאֲבַקֵּשׁavakesh
require
To hold someone answerable.
Where else “avakesh” appears- from your handיָּדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
19But you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
20 · This verse (above)
21But you, if you warn him, the righteous man, so that the righteous man does not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he let himself be warned; and you will have delivered your soul.”