Ezekiel 18:9 (YLT)

Passage

In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept--to deal truly, Righteous <FI>is<Fi> he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Nearby Context

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,

Ezekiel 18:8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

Ezekiel 18:9 In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept--to deal truly, Righteous <FI>is<Fi> he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 18:10 And--he hath begotten a son, A burglar--a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,

Ezekiel 18:11 And he all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour he hath defiled,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "statutes", "doth", "walk", "judgments", "hath", "kept--to", "deal", and "truly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "statutes" and "doth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "In usury he doth not give and..." into verse 10's "And--he hath begotten a son A burglar--a...", so "statutes" and "doth" 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 "statutes" and "doth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.