Ezekiel 18:10

Second link in the chain: this righteous man is the father of a violent son who sheds blood and does evil; the wicked son shall not live because of the righteousness of his father, he shall die in his own sin

10. a robber a man of violence.

andthat doeth the like The text is difficult. LXX. reads: shedding blood, and committing sins, 11 who hath not walked in the way of his righteous father, but hath even eaten, &c. This text gives the general meaning of the Heb., of which it looks like a paraphrase. It is difficult to decide whether the last clause of Ezekiel 18:10 refers to the father or the son. The words in the place where they stand should refer to the wicked son, and so A.V., R.V., but if so they, cannot be reconciled with Ezekiel 18:11. The words rendered "these things" (Ezekiel 18:10) and "those duties" (Ezekiel 18:11) are the same, viz. the things Ezekiel 18:6, and cannot be regarded as things forbidden (Ezekiel 18:10) and things commanded (Ezekiel 18:11) at once. The unknown word achoccurring here (cf. Ezekiel 18:18; Ezekiel 21:20) is supposed to be the same as "only" (akh), but is probably a fragment of the word "one" due to an error of the copyist and should be neglected.