Ezekiel 16:32
What does Ezekiel 16:32 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 16:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
KJV
King James Version · 1611But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The wife who committeth adultery--Under her husband--doth receive strangers.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But is an adulteress, that bringeth in strangers over her husband.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890O adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband.
Context
v.31in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.
v.32This passage
v.33They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 3:20
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.
- Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.
- Hosea 3:1
And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.
- Ezekiel 23:37
For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through the fire unto them to be devoured.
- Jeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.
- Jeremiah 2:28
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
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