Ezekiel 23:6

What does Ezekiel 23:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 23:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Clothed with blue--governors and prefects, Desirable young men all of them, Horsemen, riding on horses,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Who were clothed with blue, princes, and rulers, beautiful youths, all horsemen, mounted upon horses.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

Context

v.5And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

v.6This passage

v.7And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 23:23

    the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown, all of them riding upon horses.

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