Ezekiel 16:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your garments were of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil, and you became exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתַּעְדִּ֞י זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף וּמַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ֙ שֵׁ֤שׁ וָמֶ֙שִׁי֙ וְרִקְמָ֔ה סֹ֧לֶת וּדְבַ֛שׁ וָשֶׁ֖מֶן אָכָ֑לְתְּ וַתִּ֙יפִי֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וַֽתִּצְלְחִ֖י לִמְלוּכָֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-taʿdî zāhāḇ wā-ḵesep û-malbûšēḵ šēš wā-mešî wə-riqmâ sōlet û-dəḇaš wā-šemen ʾāḵālt wa-tîpî bi-məʾōd məʾōd wa-tiṣləḥî li-mlûḵâ

Grammar Details

• *wa-taʿdî*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you adorned yourself
• *zāhāḇ*: masculine singular noun - gold
• *wā-ḵesep*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and silver
• *û-malbûšēḵ*: conjunction + masculine singular noun + 2nd feminine singular suffix - and your clothing
• *šēš*: masculine singular noun - fine linen
• *wā-mešî*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and silk
• *wə-riqmâ*: conjunction + feminine singular noun - and embroidery
• *sōlet*: feminine singular noun - fine flour
• *û-dəḇaš*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and honey
• *wā-šemen*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and oil
• *ʾāḵālt*: qal perfect, 2nd feminine singular - you ate
• *wa-tîpî*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you became beautiful
• *bi-məʾōd*: preposition + adverb - in very
• *məʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly
• *wa-tiṣləḥî*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you prospered
• *li-mlûḵâ*: preposition + feminine singular noun - to/for kingdom/royalty

Word Meanings

• *taʿdî*: you adorned yourself/decorated yourself
• *malbûšēḵ*: your clothing/garment/apparel
• *sōlet*: fine flour/choice wheat
• *tîpî*: you became beautiful/fair/lovely
• *tiṣləḥî*: you prospered/succeeded/advanced
• *mlûḵâ*: kingdom/royalty/sovereignty

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Thus you were adorned with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, honey, and oil; you were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered into a kingdom.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thus wast thou decked{H5710} with gold{H2091} and silver;{H3701} and thy raiment{H4403} was of fine linen,{H8336} and silk,{H4897} and broidered work;{H7553} thou didst eat{H398} fine flour,{H5560} and honey,{H1706} and oil;{H8081} and thou wast exceeding{H3966} beautiful,{H3302} and thou didst prosper{H6743} unto royal estate.{H4410}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thus wast thou decked{H5710}{(H8799)} with gold{H2091} and silver{H3701}; and thy raiment{H4403} was of fine linen{H8336}{(H8675)}{H8336}, and silk{H4897}, and broidered work{H7553}; thou didst eat{H398}{(H8804)} fine flour{H5560}, and honey{H1706}, and oil{H8081}: and thou wast exceeding{H3966} beautiful{H3302}{(H8799)}, and thou didst prosper{H6743}{(H8799)} into a kingdom{H4410}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus wast thou deckte with syluer & golde, & thy rayment was of fyne white sylke, of nedle worke & of dyuerse colours. Thou didest eate nothinge but symnels, honny & oyle: maruelous goodly wast thou & beutifull, yee euen a very Quene wast thou:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus wast thou deckt with gold and siluer, and thy rayment was of fine linen, and silke, and broydred worke: thou didest eate fine floure, and honie and oyle, and thou wast very beautifull, and thou didest grow vp into a kingdome.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus wast thou deckt with golde and siluer, and thy rayment was of fine linnen, and of silke, and of broidred worke: thou didst eate fine floure, honye and oyle, marueylous beautifull wast thou, and thou dydst luckyly prosper into a kingdome.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment [was of] fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus was you decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you did prosper to royal estate.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou dost put on gold and silver, And thy clothing `is' fine linen, And figured silk and embroidery, Fine flour, and honey, and oil thou hast eaten, And thou art very very beautiful, And dost go prosperously to the kingdom.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus you were decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:13-14 : 13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the produce of the fields. He gave him honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag. 14 Curds from cattle and milk from the flock, with fat from lambs, rams of Bashan breed, and goats, with the finest wheat, and you drank the blood of the grape as wine.
• Ps 50:2 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.
• Ps 45:13-14 : 13 The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; the wealthy among the people will seek your favor. 14 The royal daughter is glorious within; her clothing is interwoven with gold.
• Ps 48:2 : 2 Great is the LORD and highly praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
• Gen 17:6 : 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
• Deut 8:8 : 8 A land of wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil, and honey.
• 1 Sam 10:1 : 1 Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, 'Has not the LORD anointed you as ruler over His inheritance?'
• 1 Sam 12:12 : 12 But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, came against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to reign over us,’ even though the LORD your God was your king.
• 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness to all his people.
• Ezra 4:20 : 20 Mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the entire region beyond the River, and taxes, tribute, and customs were paid to them.
• Ezra 5:11 : 11 'This was their reply to us: "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago. It was a great king of Israel who built and completed it."'
• Ps 81:16 : 16 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
• Ps 147:14 : 14 He makes peace in your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
• Isa 64:11 : 11 For these things, will you restrain yourself, LORD? Will you remain silent and afflict us so severely?
• Jer 13:20 : 20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you—the sheep of your glorious care?
• Lam 2:15 : 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?'
• Ezek 16:14-15 : 14 Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD. 15 But you trusted in your beauty and acted like a prostitute because of your fame. You lavished your acts of prostitution on every passerby, willing to be his.
• Ezek 16:19 : 19 Also, the food I provided for you–the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you–you set before them as a pleasing aroma. And so it was, declares the Lord GOD.
• Hos 2:5 : 5 Otherwise, I will strip her naked, expose her as on the day of her birth. I will make her like a wilderness, turn her into a dry land, and let her die of thirst.