18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way so that he may live, that wicked person shall die for wrongdoing, but his (A)blood I will require from your hand. 19 However if you have (B)warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die for wrongdoing, but you have (C)saved yourself.

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18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(A)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(B) 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(C) from their wickedness(D) or from their evil ways, they will die(E) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20