Ezekiel 18:23
ContextNET © | Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live? |
NIV © | Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live? |
NASB © | "Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live? |
NLT © | "Do you think, asks the Sovereign LORD, that I like to see wicked people die? Of course not! I only want them to turn from their wicked ways and live. |
MSG © | Do you think I take any pleasure in the death of wicked men and women? Isn't it my pleasure that they turn around, no longer living wrong but living right--really living? |
BBE © | Have I any pleasure in the death of the evil-doer? says the Lord: am I not pleased if he is turned from his way so that he may have life? |
NRSV © | Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord GOD, and not rather that they should turn from their ways and live? |
NKJV © | "Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?" says the Lord GOD, " and not that he should turn from his ways and live? |
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NET © | Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live? |
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