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Jerusalem’s Unfaithfulness

Ezekiel 16:12

In 11 translations

BSB
I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
KJV
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.forehead: Heb. nose
WEB
I put a ring on your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
ASV
And I put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
LSV
And I give a ring for your nose, || And rings for your ears, || And a crown of beauty on your head.
YLT
And I give a ring for thy nose, And rings for thine ears, And a crown of beauty on thy head.
DBY
and I put a ring on thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
DRC
And I put a jewel upon thy forehead and earrings in thy ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
GNV
And I put a frontlet vpon thy face, and earings in thine eares, and a beautifull crowne vpon thine head.
JPS
And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
LXXE
And I put a pendant on thy nostril, and rings in thine ears, and a crown of glory on thine head.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וָאֶתֵּ֥ן נֶ֨זֶם֙ עַל־אַפֵּ֔ךְ וַעֲגִילִ֖ים עַל־אָזְנָ֑יִךְ וַעֲטֶ֥רֶת תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת בְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔδωκα ἐνώτιον περὶ τὸν μυκτῆρά σου, καὶ τροχίσκους ἐπὶ τὰ ὦτά σου, καὶ στέφανον καυχήσεως ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 3:21their signet rings and nose rings;
  • Isaiah 28:5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
  • Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

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