And if I shall say to the wicked: Thou shalt surely die: and he do penance for his sin, and do judgment and justice,

And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice;

And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And, he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;

And if I say to the impious man, 'You shall certainly die,' and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,

Again, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he shall turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and (h) right;
(h) By this he condemns them all of hypocrisy, who pretend to forsake wickedness and yet do not declare themselves such by their fruits, that is, in obeying God's commandments and by godly life.

Again, when I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die,.... That is, provided he continues in the same course of life, impenitent and unbelieving:
but if he turn from his sin; repent of it, and forsake it:
and do that which is lawful and right; or "judgment and justice"; do that which is agreeably to the law of God, and what is right between man and man; lives soberly, righteously, and godly, as well as denies ungodliness and worldly lusts; whereby it appears that his repentance is genuine and true.