Ezekiel 18:23 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
American Standard Version (ASV)
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
Bible in Basic English (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?
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?
World English Bible (WEB)
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Do I at all desire the death of the wicked? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Is it not in his turning back from his way -- And he hath lived?
| Have I any pleasure | הֶחָפֹ֤ץ | heḥāpōṣ | heh-ha-FOHTS |
| at all | אֶחְפֹּץ֙ | ʾeḥpōṣ | ek-POHTS |
| wicked the that | מ֣וֹת | môt | mote |
| should die? | רָשָׁ֔ע | rāšāʿ | ra-SHA |
| saith | נְאֻ֖ם | nĕʾum | neh-OOM |
| Lord the | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾădōnāy | uh-doh-NAI |
| God: | יְהוִ֑ה | yĕhwi | yeh-VEE |
| and not | הֲל֛וֹא | hălôʾ | huh-LOH |
| return should he that | בְּשׁוּב֥וֹ | bĕšûbô | beh-shoo-VOH |
| from his ways, | מִדְּרָכָ֖יו | middĕrākāyw | mee-deh-ra-HAV |
| and live? | וְחָיָֽה׃ | wĕḥāyâ | veh-ha-YA |