Ezekiel 18:5 (YLT)

Passage

And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:3 I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Ye have no more the use of this simile in Israel.

Ezekiel 18:4 Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son--they are Mine, The soul that is sinning--it doth die.

Ezekiel 18:5 And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

Ezekiel 18:6 On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, And the wife of his neighbour defiled not, And to a separated woman cometh not near,

Ezekiel 18:7 A man--he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "righteous", "hath", "done", "judgment", and "righteousness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "righteous" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Lo all the souls are Mine As..." into verse 6's "On the mountains he hath not eaten...", so "righteous" and "hath" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "righteous" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.