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The Two Adulterous Sisters

Ezekiel 23:11

In 11 translations

BSB
Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
KJV
And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.she was…: Heb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than, etcmore than…: Heb. more than the whoredoms of her sister
WEB
“Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lusting than she, and in her prostitution which was more depraved than the prostitution of her sister.
ASV
And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.
LSV
And her sister Aholibah sees, || And she makes her unhealthy love more corrupt than she, || And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of her sister.
YLT
And see doth her sister Aholibah, And she maketh her doting love more corrupt than she, And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of her sister.
DBY
And her sister Oholibah saw [this], and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister.
DRC
And when her sister Ooliba saw this, she was mad with lust more than she: and she carried her fornication beyond the fornication of her sister.
GNV
And when her sister Aholibah sawe this, she marred her selfe with inordinate loue, more then she, and with her fornications more then her sister with her fornications.
JPS
And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.
LXXE
And her sister Ooliba saw it, and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֵּ֨רֶא֙ אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת עַגְבָתָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְאֶת־תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶδεν ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτῆς Ὀολιβὰ, καὶ διέφθειρε τὴν ἐπίθεσιν αὐτῆς ὑπὲρ ἐπί θεσιν αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν πορνείαν αὐτῆς ὑπὲρ τὴν πορνείαν τῆς τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 3:8–11She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. Indifferent to her own…
  • Ezekiel 16:47–51And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were. As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you…
  • Ezekiel 23:4The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

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