Ezekiel 18:11

11 (though the father has done none of them): “He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbor’s wife.

Ezekiel 18:11 in Other Translations

11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

11 (though he himself did none of these things), who even eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,

11 And that son does all the evil things his father would never do—he worships idols on the mountains, commits adultery,

11 even though the parent has done none of them - eats at the pagan shrines, seduces his neighbor's spouse,

11 and that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

11 that his father never did. He eats at the illegal mountain worship sites. He dishonors his neighbor's wife.

11 though the father has done none of them. Indeed, when the son eats at the mountain [shrines] and defiles his neighbor's wife,

11 Suppose he does those things even though his father never did. "Suppose he eats at the mountain temples. And he has sex with another man's wife.

Ezekiel 18:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 18:11

And that doeth not any of those [duties]
Before mentioned, which his father did, but the reverse of them; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "and in the way of his righteous father does not walk"; does not tread in his steps, and work righteousness as he did: but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's
wife;
has been guilty of idolatry and adultery; (See Gill on Ezekiel 18:6).

Ezekiel 18:11 In-Context

9 He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things

11 (though the father has done none of them): “He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbor’s wife.

12 He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things.

13 He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 22:9