King James Version
Ezekiel 33:20 in the King James Version says “Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.”
Ezekiel 33:20 · KJV
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“is not equal”
H8505to balance, i.e., measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test)
“The way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“you every one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“The way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“I will judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“O ye house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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