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and on the mountains he does not eat and he does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he does not defile and he does not approach a woman of[a] menstruation, and he oppresses no one[b] and he returns a pledge for his loan and he commits no robbery[c] and he gives[d] his bread to the hungry and he covers a naked person with a garment, and he does not charge interest[e] and he takes no usury, and he holds back[f] his hand from injustice and he executes a judgment of fairness between persons,[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:6 Or “in”
  2. Ezekiel 18:7 Literally “a person not”
  3. Ezekiel 18:7 Literally “robbed things not he seized”
  4. Ezekiel 18:7 Or “shares”
  5. Ezekiel 18:8 Literally “with the interest not he gives”
  6. Ezekiel 18:8 Or “brings back”
  7. Ezekiel 18:8 Literally “man and man”

He does not eat at the mountain(A) shrines
    or look to the idols(B) of Israel.
He does not defile his neighbor’s wife
    or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.(C)
He does not oppress(D) anyone,
    but returns what he took in pledge(E) for a loan.
He does not commit robbery(F)
    but gives his food to the hungry(G)
    and provides clothing for the naked.(H)
He does not lend to them at interest
    or take a profit from them.(I)
He withholds his hand from doing wrong
    and judges fairly(J) between two parties.

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