18:14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. 1
18:19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer 2 for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live. 18:20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer 3 for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer 4 for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness. 5
1 tn Heb “and he sees and does not do likewise.”
2 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”
3 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”
4 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”
5 tn Heb “the righteousness of the righteous one will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked one will be upon him.”