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Ezekiel 16:33

Ezekiel chapter 16 · verse 33 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They 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.

Context

v.32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

v.33This passage

v.34And thou art different from other women in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 2:12

    And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

  • Hosea 8:9

    For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

  • Micah 1:7

    And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return.

  • Ezekiel 16:41

    And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more.

  • Joel 3:3

    and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

  • Genesis 38:16

    And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?