33:17 “Yet your people 1 say, ‘The behavior 2 of the Lord is not right,’ 3 when it is their behavior that is not right. 33:18 When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it. 33:19 When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.
1 tn Heb “the sons of your people.”
2 tn Heb “way.”
3 tn The Hebrew verb translated “is (not) right” has the basic meaning of “to measure.” For a similar concept, see Ezek 18:25, 29.