28:15 You were blameless in your behavior 2 from the day you were created,
until sin was discovered in you.
28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade,
you desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I drew fire out from within you;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
before the eyes of all who saw you.
3:20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle 8 before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
18:24 “But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die. 9
1 tn Heb “for them” or “because of them.”
2 tn Heb “ways.”
3 sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.
4 tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”
5 tn Heb “justice of truth.”
4 tn Heb “the wicked one.”
5 tn Heb “and in the statutes of life he walks.”
5 tn Or “stumbling block.” The Hebrew term refers to an obstacle in the road in Lev 19:14.
6 tn Heb “because of them he will die.”