Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
Parallel translations
- WEB But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- KJV But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- NKJV But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- NASB But everyone will die for his own wrongdoing; each person who eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will become blunt.
- NLT All people will die for their own sins—those who eat the sour grapes will be the ones whose mouths will pucker.
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Quick answer
Each person will die for his own iniquity, bearing the consequence of his own sin. It affirms personal moral accountability before God.
Overview
Building on verse 29, the Lord affirms the principle of individual responsibility: the one who sins bears his own guilt. Scripture holds together both corporate solidarity in sin and personal accountability, and here the emphasis falls on the latter as the new-covenant era dawns. This heightens the wonder of the gospel, where Christ willingly bears the iniquity of others so that they need not die for their own (Isa. 53:6).
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- Ezek 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Deut 24:16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
- Gal 6:5For each one should carry his own load.
- Ezek 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
- Ezek 33:18If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
- Ezek 3:18–19If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
- Jas 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- Ezek 33:8If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.
- Ezek 33:13If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
- Gal 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Ezek 3:24Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
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