[和合本] 我何时指着恶人说:‘他必要死’,你若不警戒他,也不劝戒他,使他离开恶行,拯救他的性命,这恶人必死在罪孽之中,我却要向你讨他丧命的罪(原文作“血”)。
[新标点] 我何时指着恶人说:他必要死;你若不警戒他,也不劝戒他,使他离开恶行,拯救他的性命,这恶人必死在罪孽之中;我却要向你讨他丧命的罪【原文是血】。
[和合修] 我何时指着恶人说:‘他必要死’;你若不警戒他,也不劝告他,使他离开恶行,拯救他的性命,这恶人必死在罪孽之中;我却要从你手里讨他的血债。
[新译本] 如果我对恶人说:‘你必定死亡!’你却不警告他,也不警戒他离开恶行,好救他的性命,这恶人就必因自己的罪孽死亡。但我要因他的死追究你。
[当代修] 当我说某个恶人必灭亡时,如果你不告诫他,劝告他痛改前非,挽救他的性命,他必死在自己的罪中,而我要追究你的责任。
[现代修] 如果我宣布某一个邪恶的人一定死,你不去警告他,劝他改邪归正,好救自己,这个人固然会因自己的罪死亡,但我却要向你追究责任。
[吕振中] 我若指着恶人说:‘你必定死’,你若不警告他,不告诉恶人而警告他离开他恶的行径,好救活他自己,那这恶人就必死在他的罪孽中(或译:就必因他的罪孽而死),流他血的罪呢、我却要从你手里追讨。
[思高本] 几时我向恶人说:你必丧亡!你若不警告他,也不宣讲,使恶人知所警惕,而脱离邪道,为得生存;那恶人要因自己的罪恶而丧亡,但我必向你追讨血债。
[文理本] 我谓恶人曰、尔必死、如尔不警之、不以言戒之、使彼转离其恶途、以救其生命、则彼恶人必死于其罪、我必索其血于尔手、
[GNT] If I announce that someone evil is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, he will die, still a sinner, but I will hold you responsible for his death.
[BBE] When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but
[KJV] When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
[NKJV] "When I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
[KJ21] When I say unto the wicked, `Thou shalt surely die,' and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
[NASB] When I say to the wicked, 'You will certainly die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way so that he may live, that wicked person shall die for wrongdoing, but his blood I will require from your hand.
[NRSV] If I say to the wicked, "You shall surely die," and you give them no warning, or speak to warn the wicked from their wicked way, in order to save their life, those wicked persons shall die for their iniquity; but their blood I will require at your hand.
[WEB] When I tell the wicked, 'You will surely die;' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.
[ESV] If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
[NIV] When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
[NIrV] "Suppose I say to a sinful person, 'You can be sure you will die.' And you do not warn him. You do not try to get him to change his evil ways in order to save his life. Then he will die because he has sinned. And I will hold you accountable for his death.
[HCSB] If I say to the wicked person: You will surely die, but you do not warn him-- you don't speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life-- that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
[CSB] If I say to the wicked person: You will surely die, but you do not warn him-- you don't speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life-- that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
[AMP] If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die, and you do not give him warning or speak to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
[NLT] If I warn the wicked, saying, 'You are under the penalty of death,' but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for their deaths.
[YLT] In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he -- the wicked -- in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.