Ezekiel 18:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.”

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BSBPD

“He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor’s wife,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour he hath not defiled,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 18:15 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
  2. Ezekiel 18:11though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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