Ezekiel 16:17 Parallel Translations

You took your beautiful gold and silver jewelry that I had given you and made male idols for yourself. Then you committed adultery with them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

ASV:

Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;

BBE:

And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;

DBY:

And thou didst take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of males, and didst commit fornication with them.

ERV:

Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;

JPS:

Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of My gold and of My silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;

WBS:

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and hast made to thyself images of men, and hast committed lewdness with them.

WEB:

You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and played the prostitute with them;

YLT:

And thou dost take thy beauteous vessels Of My gold and My silver that I gave to thee, And dost make to thee images of a male, And dost go a-whoring with them,

Ezekiel 16:17 Cross References

XREF:

Ezekiel 16:11 "I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

Ezekiel 16:12 "I also put a ring in your nostril, earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and hast {n} made to thyself images of men, and hast committed harlotry with them,
(n) You have converted my vessels and instruments which I gave you to serve me with to the use of your idols.

WES:

16:17 Images - Statues, molten and graven images. Commit whoredom - Idolatry, spiritual adultery. And possibly here is an allusion to the rites of Adonis, or the images of Priapus.

MHC:

16:1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This is done under the parable of an exposed infant rescued from death, educated, espoused, and richly provided for, but afterwards guilty of the most abandoned conduct, and punished for it; yet at last received into favour, and ashamed of her base conduct. We are not to judge of these expressions by modern ideas, but by those of the times and places in which they were used, where many of them would not sound as they do to us. The design was to raise hatred to idolatry, and such a parable was well suited for that purpose.

CONC:

Acting A-whoring Beauteous Beautiful Commit Committed Engaged Fair Fornication Gold Harlot Hast Idols Images Jewelry Jewels Lewdness Loose Madest Male Males Play Played Prostitute Prostitution Silver Thyself Vessels Whoredom

Acting Beautiful Commit Committed Engaged Fair Fine Fornication Gold Harlot Idols Images Jewelry Jewels Lewdness Madest Male Play Played Prostitute Prostitution Silver Thyself Whoredom

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