and if he does not [a]lend money at (A)interest or take [b](B)interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and (C)executes true justice between one person and another, if he walks in (D)My statutes and keeps My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—(E)he is righteous and will certainly (F)live,” declares the Lord God.

10 “However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother

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  1. Ezekiel 18:8 Lit give
  2. Ezekiel 18:8 Or usury, and so throughout the ch; i.e., on other kinds of loans

He does not lend to them at interest
    or take a profit from them.(A)
He withholds his hand from doing wrong
    and judges fairly(B) between two parties.
He follows my decrees(C)
    and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;(D)
    he will surely live,(E)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood(F) or does any of these other things[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 18:10 Or things to a brother