Berean Standard Bible
“Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.”
Ezekiel 18 answers a saying the exiles kept repeating, which claimed that children pay for what their parents did and so their own suffering was not their fault. They were using it to suggest that they were suffering only for their ancestors' sins.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
World English Bible (WEB)
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.
King James Version (KJV)
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
He aquí que todas las almas son mías; como el alma del padre, así el alma del hijo es mía; el alma que pecare, esa morirá.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Pues todas las vidas para juzgar son mías, la de padres, madres, hijos e hijas por igual, y mi resolución es esta: Es por sus propias faltas que cada persona morirá; hijos e hijas no pagarán por las faltas de los padres.
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