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Judgment on Both Sisters

Ezekiel 23:44

In 11 translations

BSB
And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.
KJV
Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
WEB
They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute. So they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
ASV
And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.
LSV
And they come in to her, || As the coming in to a whorish woman, || So they have come in to Aholah, || And to Aholibah—the wicked women.
YLT
And they come in unto her, As the coming in unto a whorish woman, So they have come in unto Aholah, And unto Aholibah — the wicked women.
DBY
And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a whorish woman: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah the lewd women.
DRC
And they went in to her, as to a harlot: so went they in unto Oolla, and Ooliba, wicked women.
GNV
And they went in vnto her as they goe to a common harlot: so went they to Aholah and Aholibah the wicked women.
JPS
For every one went in unto her, as men go in unto a harlot; so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.
LXXE
And they went in to her, as men go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oola and to Ooliba to work iniquity.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּב֣וֹא אֵלֶ֔יהָ כְּב֖וֹא אֶל־אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן בָּ֗אוּ אֶֽל־אָֽהֳלָה֙ וְאֶל־אָ֣הֳלִיבָ֔ה אִשֹּׁ֖ת הַזִּמָּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἰσεπορεύοντο πρὸς αὐτὴν, ὃν τρόπον εἰσπορεύονται πρὸς γυναῖκα πόρνην, οὕτως εἰσεπορεύοντο πρὸς Ὀολὰν, καὶ πρὸς Ὀολιβὰν, τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἀνομίαν.

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👤 Aholah👤 Aholibah◆ Prophecies of Ezekiel

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 23:9–13Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted. They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and…
  • Ezekiel 23:3and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

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