Ezekiel 16:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You even took the sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to the idols as food. Was your prostitution not enough?

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your whoredoms a small matter,

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover thou hast taken{H3947} thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters,{H1323} whom thou hast borne{H3205} unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed{H2076} unto them to be devoured.{H398} Were thy whoredoms{H8457} a small matter,{H4592}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover thou hast taken{H3947}{(H8799)} thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters{H1323}, whom thou hast borne{H3205}{(H8804)} unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed{H2076}{(H8799)} unto them to be devoured{H398}{(H8800)}. Is this of thy whoredoms{H8457} a small matter{H4592},

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thou hast take thine owne sonnes & doughters, whom thou haddest begotten vnto me: and these hast thou offred vp vnto them, to be their meate. Is this but a small whordome of thine (thinkest thou)

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Moreouer thou hast taken thy sonnes and thy daughters, whome thou hast borne vnto me, and these hast thou sacrificed vnto them, to be deuoured: is this thy whoredome a small matter?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thou hast taken thyne owne sonnes and daughters whom thou hast begotten vnto me, and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be deuoured: is this but a small whordome of thyne?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. [Is this] of thy whoredoms a small matter,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your prostitution a small matter,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And you took your sons and your daughters whom I had by you, offering even these to them to be their food. Was your loose behaviour so small a thing,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “‘You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution was not enough,

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 23:37 : 37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, passing them through the fire as food for their idols.
  • Ezek 20:31 : 31 When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.
  • Exod 13:2 : 2 Set apart to me every firstborn, the first male offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it belongs to me.
  • Ps 106:37-38 : 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
  • Jer 7:31 : 31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
  • Isa 57:5 : 5 You burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree; you slaughter children in the valleys, under crags of the cliffs.
  • Exod 13:12 : 12 you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. Every firstborn male of your livestock belongs to the LORD.
  • Deut 29:11-12 : 11 You are entering into the covenant of the LORD your God and His oath, which the LORD your God is making with you today. 12 He is confirming you today as His people, and He will be your God, just as He promised you and swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • Ezek 16:21 : 21 You slaughtered my children and offered them up by making them pass through fire to these idols.
  • Ezek 20:26 : 26 I defiled them through their own gifts, by making them cause all their firstborn to pass through the fire, in order to devastate them and make them know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 23:4 : 4 Their names were Oholah, the elder, and Oholibah, her sister. They became mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Their names represent Samaria as Oholah, and Jerusalem as Oholibah.
  • Ezek 23:39 : 39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.
  • Mic 6:7 : 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand streams of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  • Gen 17:7 : 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  • 2 Kgs 16:3 : 3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
  • 2 Chr 33:6 : 6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination, sought omens, practiced witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
  • Jer 2:34-35 : 34 Even on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor. You did not find them breaking in, yet it is because of all these things. 35 Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' But I will bring you to judgment because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
  • Jer 32:35 : 35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Hinnom’s Son to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, something I never commanded nor even considered in My heart. They committed this detestable act to make Judah sin.
  • Ezek 8:17 : 17 And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence and continually anger Me. Behold, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 16:21-23
    3 verses
    89%

    21 You slaughtered my children and offered them up by making them pass through fire to these idols.

    22 In all your detestable practices and prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.

    23 Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD, after all your wickedness.

  • Ezek 16:15-19
    5 verses
    84%

    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.

    16 You took your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them, you committed prostitution. Such things should not have happened, nor should they occur.

    17 You also took the fine jewelry made of gold and silver that I had given you, and you made male idols for yourself and engaged in prostitution with them.

    18 You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you presented my oil and incense before them.

    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.

  • Ezek 16:35-38
    4 verses
    82%

    35 Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD.

    36 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children you gave to them,

    37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from every side, and I will expose your nakedness to them, so they may see all your shame.

    38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood. I will bring upon you the wrath and jealousy of my judgment.

  • Ezek 23:35-37
    3 verses
    81%

    35 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you have forgotten me and thrust me behind your back, you must also bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.'

    36 The LORD said to me: 'Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their abominations.'

    37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, passing them through the fire as food for their idols.

  • Ezek 16:25-30
    6 verses
    78%

    25 At the head of every street, you built your high places. You degraded your beauty by spreading your legs to every passerby and multiplied your acts of prostitution.

    26 You engaged in prostitution with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and multiplied your acts of prostitution to anger me.

    27 So now I have stretched out my hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.

    28 You prostituted yourself with the Assyrians because you were never satisfied. Even after prostituting yourself with them, you were not satisfied.

    29 You also multiplied your promiscuity in the land of Canaan and even with the Chaldeans, yet even with this, you were not satisfied.

    30 ‘How weak is your heart,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘that you do all these things, the actions of a brazen prostitute!

  • Ezek 20:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30 Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did and lust after their detestable things?'

    31 When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.

  • Ezek 16:58
    78%

    58 You have borne the penalty of your lewdness and abominations, declares the LORD.

  • Lev 26:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29 You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

    30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and my soul will reject you.

  • Exod 34:16
    77%

    16 And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.

  • Ezek 20:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26 I defiled them through their own gifts, by making them cause all their firstborn to pass through the fire, in order to devastate them and make them know that I am the LORD.

    27 Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Yet in this, your fathers blasphemed me by acting treacherously against me.'

  • Jer 5:7
    76%

    7 How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes.

  • Lam 2:20
    76%

    20 Look, LORD, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their own children, the little ones they have cherished? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

  • Ezek 23:39
    75%

    39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.

  • Ezek 16:43
    75%

    43 Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will bring your conduct down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your other detestable acts?

  • Ezek 16:41
    75%

    41 They will burn down your houses and execute judgment on you in the sight of many women. I will bring an end to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay fees to anyone.

  • Jer 11:15
    75%

    15 What right does my beloved have in my house, when she has done so many wicked schemes? Can consecrated meat remove your evil? Then you would exult!

  • Jer 16:3
    75%

    3 For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land:

  • Ezek 23:30
    75%

    30 These things will be done to you because you prostituted yourself to the nations, defiling yourself with their idols.

  • Ezek 16:47
    75%

    47 You not only followed their ways and acted according to their detestable practices but in a very short time, you became more depraved than they were in all your ways.

  • Ezek 5:10
    74%

    10 Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your survivors to every wind.

  • Ezek 22:11
    74%

    11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

  • 2 Kgs 17:17
    74%

    17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

  • Ezek 16:45
    73%

    45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her children. And you are a sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

  • Jer 3:20
    73%

    20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me,' declares the LORD.

  • Jer 2:20
    73%

    20 For long ago I broke your yoke and tore off your bonds, but you said, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

  • Deut 12:31
    73%

    31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

  • Hos 2:5
    73%

    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.

  • Ezek 24:21
    73%

    21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Behold, I am about to profane my sanctuary—the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your soul. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.’

  • Ezek 23:10
    73%

    10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and they carried out judgment against her.

  • Lam 4:10
    73%

    10 The compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.

  • Hos 4:13
    72%

    13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

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