Judgment on Both Sisters
Ezekiel 23:43
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’
- KJV
- Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?whoredoms…: Heb. her whoredoms
- WEB
- Then I said of her who was old in adulteries, ‘Now they will play the prostitute with her, and she with them.’
- ASV
- Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she with them.
- LSV
- And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, || Now they commit her whoredoms—she also!
- YLT
- And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms — she also!
- DBY
- And I said of her that was old in adulteries, Will she now commit her fornications, even she.
- DRC
- And I said to her that was worn out in her adulteries: Now will this woman still continue in her fornication.
- GNV
- Then I sayd vnto her, that was olde in adulteries, Now shall she and her fornications come to an end.
- JPS
- Then said I of her that was worn out by adulteries: Still they commit harlotries with her, even her.
- LXXE
- Therefore I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? and has she also gone a-whoring after the manner of a harlot?
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Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): עֵת (“time”). Read aloud (Qere): עַתָּ֛ה (“now”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): יִזְנֻה (“he will act as a prostitute”). Read aloud (Qere): יִזְנ֥וּ (“they will act as a prostitutes”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads עַתָּ֛; read aloud (Qere) reads עַתָּ֛ה (“now”).
- Leningrad Codex reads יִזְנ֥הּ; read aloud (Qere) reads יִזְנ֥וּ (“they will act as a prostitutes”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וָאֹמַ֕ר לַבָּלָ֖ה נִֽאוּפִ֑ים עת יזנה תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ וָהִֽיא׃Read aloud as (qere): עַתָּ֛הRead aloud as (qere): יִזְנ֥וּ
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπα, οὐκ ἐν τούτοις μοιχεύουσι; καὶ ἔργα πόρνης καὶ αὐτὴ ἐξεπόρνευσε;
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Ezekiel
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
WhoredomParablesAssyriaWrath, (Anger)GraceVisionJerusalemBackslidersIsrael, Prophecies concerningCrime; Crimes
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
- Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and…
- Ezekiel 23:3and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
- Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and…
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