Ezekiel 3:21

“But 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.””

Ezekiel 3:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 3:21, word by word

you warn himהִזְהַרְתּhizhart

warn

To alert someone to danger, instruct them.

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the righteous manצַדִּיקtsadik

righteous

Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.

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sinחֲטֹאchato

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

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he will surelyחָיוֹchayo

live

To have breath and remain in this world, not die.

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will have deliveredהִצַּלְתָּhitsalta

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

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your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh

life

Life, when it is at stake.

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The context

20And 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.

21 · This verse (above)

22And the hand of YHWH came upon me there, and he said to me, “Arise, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”

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