Ezekiel 16:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    You have built your high place at every head of the way, and have made your beauty to be abhorred, and have opened your feet to everyone that passed by, and multiplied your whoredoms.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    hast thou buylded the an aulter. Thou hast made thy beuty to be abhorred: thou hast layed out thy legges to euery one that came by, and multiplied thine whordome.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thou hast built thine hie place at euery corner of the way, and hast made thy beautie to be abhorred: thou hast opened thy feete to euery one that passed by, & multiplied thy whoredome.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thou hast buylt thyne hye plate at euery head of the way, thou hast made thy beautie to be abhorred, thou hast opened thy feete to euery one that came by, and multiplied thy whoredome.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    At every head of the way thou hast built thy high place, And thou dost make thy beauty abominable, And dost open wide thy feet to every passer by, And dost multiply thy whoredoms,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting thing, opening your feet to everyone who went by, increasing your loose ways.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced your beauty when you spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 16:31 : 31 When you built your mounds at the head of every road and made your high places in every street, you were not like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
  • Jer 3:2 : 2 Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been violated? By the roads you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not even know how to blush. Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall; at the time I punish them, they will stumble,” says the Lord.
  • Ezek 16:15 : 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 23:9-9 : 9 Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians whom she lusted after. 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.
  • Ezek 23:32 : 32 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and ridicule, as it holds much to bear.'
  • Rev 17:1-5 : 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, 'Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters.' 2 With her, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality. 3 Then he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her immorality. 5 On her forehead was written a name: 'Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth.'
  • Rev 17:12-13 : 12 The ten horns you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings for one hour along with the beast. 13 These kings have one purpose, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.
  • Rev 17:16 : 16 The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her with fire.
  • Gen 38:14 : 14 So she took off her widow's garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah had grown up, but she had not been given to him as a wife.
  • Gen 38:21 : 21 He asked the men of the place, 'Where is the prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?' They replied, 'There has been no prostitute here.'
  • Prov 9:14-15 : 14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,
  • Isa 3:9 : 9 The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they openly declare their sin; they do not try to conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
  • Jer 2:23-24 : 23 How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Consider your path in the valley; acknowledge what you have done—like a swift young she-camel running here and there. 24 You are like a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, sniffing the wind in her desire. Who can restrain her in her mating season? None of those seeking her will grow weary; in her month, they will find her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 16:22-24
    3 verses
    89%

    22In 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.

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

    24You built yourselves a mound and made high places at every street corner.

  • Ezek 16:26-37
    12 verses
    87%

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

    27So 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.

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

    29You 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!

    31When you built your mounds at the head of every road and made your high places in every street, you were not like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

    33All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your acts of prostitution.

    34So your prostitution is the opposite of others; you gave payment instead of receiving it, and no one pays you. You are the opposite.

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

    36This 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,

    37therefore 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.

  • Ezek 16:14-18
    5 verses
    85%

    14Your 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.

    15But 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.

    16You 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.

    17You 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.

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

  • Jer 3:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been violated? By the roads you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

    3Therefore, the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen face of a prostitute; you refuse to show any shame.

  • Isa 57:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; there you went up to offer sacrifices.

    8Behind your doors and doorposts you have set up your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, climbing into it and opening it wide; you made a pact with them, you loved their beds and gazed on their manhood.

    9You went to the king with oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away; you even descended to the realm of the dead.

  • Ezek 23:30
    79%

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

  • Ezek 16:57-58
    2 verses
    79%

    57before your own wickedness was exposed, like the time you were taunted by the daughters of Aram and all her neighbors, and by the daughters of the Philistines, who looked down on you from every side.

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

  • Jer 2:20
    77%

    20For 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.

  • Jer 11:15
    77%

    15What 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!

  • Ezek 16:47
    77%

    47You 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.

  • Jer 13:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26So I will expose your skirts over your face, and your shame will be seen.

    27Your adulteries, your lustful neighings, your wicked acts of prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable behavior. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How much longer will it be before you are made clean?

  • Ezek 16:20
    75%

    20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to the idols as food. Was your prostitution not enough?

  • Ezek 16:43
    75%

    43Because 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%

    41They 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.

  • 2 Chr 21:11
    75%

    11Jehoram also built high places in the hills of Judah, leading the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness and causing Judah to stray.

  • Ezek 23:40
    74%

    40Furthermore, they sent for men from far away, messengers were dispatched to them, and they came. You bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.

  • Ezek 23:27
    74%

    27So I will put an end to your lewdness and your prostitution, which you brought from the land of Egypt. You will not look longingly at them again or remember Egypt anymore.

  • Ezek 22:10
    74%

    10In you, they have dishonored their fathers' nakedness; they have violated women during their impurity.

  • Jer 3:9
    74%

    9Because Israel's immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.

  • Ezek 23:19
    74%

    19Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she prostituted herself in the land of Egypt.

  • Jer 2:23
    74%

    23How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Consider your path in the valley; acknowledge what you have done—like a swift young she-camel running here and there.

  • Ezek 16:39
    74%

    39I will deliver you into their hands, and they will tear down your mounds and demolish your high places. They will strip you of your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.

  • Ezek 23:17
    74%

    17Then the Babylonians came to her, to her bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. After she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.

  • Jer 3:6
    74%

    6During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has prostituted herself there."

  • Jer 2:33
    74%

    33How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women you have taught your ways.

  • Ezek 28:18
    74%

    18By your many sins and your dishonest trade, you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I brought fire out from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all those watching.

  • Nah 3:5
    74%

    5Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts. I will lift up your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame.

  • Ezek 23:13
    74%

    13I saw that she too was defiled; both had followed the same corrupt path.