Ezekiel 23:16

In 11 translations

BSB

At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

KJV

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.as soon…: Heb. at the sight of her eyes

WEB

As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

ASV

And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

LSV

And she lusts on them at the sight of her eyes, || And sends messengers to them, to Chaldea.

YLT

And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.

DBY

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

DRC

She doted upon them with the lust of her eyes, and she sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

GNV

Assoone, I say, as she sawe them, she doted vpon them, and sent messengers vnto them into Caldea.

JPS

And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

LXXE

And she doted upon them as soon as she saw them, and sent forth messengers to them into the land of the Chaldeans.

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Original-language editions

WLC

ותעגב עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַרְאֵ֣ה עֵינֶ֑יהָ וַתִּשְׁלַ֧ח מַלְאָכִ֛ים אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם כַּשְׂדִּֽימָה׃Read aloud as (qere): וַתַּעְגְּבָ֥ה

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπέθετο ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τῇ ὁράσει ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰς γῆν Χαλδαίων.

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• Ezekiel 16:29So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
• Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
• Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
• Ezekiel 16:17You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
• Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
• 2 Kings 24:1During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
• 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
• Genesis 39:7and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
• Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
• Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
• Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate…
• Ezekiel 23:40–41Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry. You sat on a couch of luxury with a table…
• 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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