Ezekiel 7:3

7:3 The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge ¹  you according to your behavior, ²  I will hold you accountable for ³  all your abominable practices.

Ezekiel 7:8

7:8 Soon now I will pour out my rage ⁴  on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.

Ezekiel 18:30

18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, ⁵  O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent ⁶  and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 22:31

22:31 So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, ⁸  declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 39:24

39:24 According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.

Romans 2:6

2:6 He ⁹  will reward ¹⁰  each one according to his works: ¹¹ 

Revelation 20:12-15

20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then ¹²  books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. ¹³  So ¹⁴  the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. ¹⁵  20:13 The ¹⁶  sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death ¹⁷  and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds. 20:14 Then ¹⁸  Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death – the lake of fire. 20:15 If ¹⁹  anyone’s name ²⁰  was not found written in the book of life, that person ²¹  was thrown into the lake of fire.

¹ tn Or “punish” (cf. BDB 1047 s.v. שָׁפַט 3.c).

² tn Heb “ways.”

³ tn Heb “I will place on you.”

⁴ tn The expression “to pour out rage” also occurs in Ezek 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:31; 30:15; 36:18.

⁵ tn Heb “ways.”

⁶ tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

⁷ tn Or “leading to punishment.”

⁸ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

⁹ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Or “will render,” “will recompense.” In this context Paul is setting up a hypothetical situation, not stating that salvation is by works.

¹¹ sn A quotation from Ps 62:12; Prov 24:12; a close approximation to Matt 16:27.

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹³ tn Grk “another book was opened, which is of life.”

¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the books being opened.

¹⁵ tn Grk “from the things written in the books according to their works.”

¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁷ sn Here Death is personified (cf. 1 Cor 15:55).

¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

²⁰ tn The word “name” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

²¹ tn Grk “he”; the pronoun has been intensified by translating as “that person.”