Ezekiel 16:33
All 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.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
They give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and hire them, that they may come to you on every side for your whoredom.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
They give{H5414} gifts{H5078} to all harlots;{H2181} but thou givest{H5414} thy gifts{H5083} to all thy lovers,{H157} and bribest{H7809} them, that they may come{H935} unto thee on every side{H5439} for thy whoredoms.{H8457}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
They give{H5414}{(H8799)} gifts{H5078} to all whores{H2181}{(H8802)}: but thou givest{H5414}{(H8804)} thy gifts{H5083} to all thy lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, and hirest{H7809}{(H8799)} them, that they may come{H935}{(H8800)} unto thee on every side{H5439} for thy whoredom{H8457}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Giftes are geuen to all other whores, but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers: & offrest them giftes, to come vnto the out of all places, & to committe fornicacio with the.
Geneva Bible (1560)
They giue giftes to all other whores, but thou giuest giftes vnto all thy louers, and rewardest them, that they may come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Giftes are geuen to all other whores: but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers, & rewardest them to come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication.
Authorized 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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
To all whores they give a gift, And -- thou hast given thy gifts to all thy lovers, And dost bribe them to come in unto thee, From round about -- in thy whoredoms.
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.
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.
World English Bible (2000)
They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
All prostitutes receive payment, but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!
Referenced Verses
- Hos 8:9-9 : 9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers. 10 Even though they make alliances among the nations, I will now gather them, and they will soon suffer under the burden of a king and officials.
- Isa 57:9 : 9 You 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 16:41 : 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.
- Hos 2:12 : 12 Now I will uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers; no one will deliver her out of my hand.
- Joel 3:3 : 3 They cast lots for my people; they traded a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine, which they drank.
- Mic 1:7 : 7 All her carved images will be broken to pieces, all her earnings will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will destroy. Since she gathered them as wages of a prostitute, they will return to the wages of a prostitute.
- Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this son of yours came, who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
- Gen 38:16-18 : 16 He turned aside to her by the roadside and said, 'Come now, let me sleep with you.' He did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She asked, 'What will you give me to sleep with you?' 17 He replied, 'I will send you a young goat from my flock.' She said, 'Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?' 18 He asked, 'What pledge should I give you?' She answered, 'Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand.' So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she conceived by him.
- Deut 23:17-18 : 17 Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in whichever town he prefers. Do not oppress him. 18 There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute or sacred male among the sons of Israel.
- Isa 30:3 : 3 But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation.
- Isa 30:6-7 : 6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them. 7 Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore, I have called her 'Rahab Who Sits Still.'
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Ezek 16:34-396 verses86%
34 So your prostitution is the opposite of others; you gave payment instead of receiving it, and no one pays you. You are the opposite.
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.
39 I 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 16:24-329 verses85%
24 You built yourselves a mound and made high places at every street corner.
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!
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.
32 You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!
- Ezek 16:15-184 verses78%
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.
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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 3:1-33 verses75%
1 If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, should he take her back again? Wouldn't such a land become completely defiled? You have lived as a prostitute with many lovers—yet you want to return to me? declares the LORD.
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.
3 Therefore, 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.
- Ezek 23:29-302 verses74%
29 They will deal with you in hatred, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed—your lewdness and promiscuity.
30 These things will be done to you because you prostituted yourself to the nations, defiling yourself with their idols.
- Ezek 23:42-432 verses73%
42 The sound of a carefree crowd was with her, and drunkards were brought from the desert. They put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.
43 Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will continue their acts of fornication with her.’
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4 All this because of the abundant prostitution of a well-favored harlot, a skilled sorceress, who ensnares nations with her lust and peoples with her witchcraft.
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17 Then 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.
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33 How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women you have taught your ways.
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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!
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26 For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.
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7 She gave herself to them, all the elite of the Assyrians, and defiled herself with all the idols she lusted after.
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16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,
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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.
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18 Their drink has turned them aside; they persist in their immorality. They love shame more than their honor.
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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.
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12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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22 Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I am about to stir up your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side—
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8 Behind 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.
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58 You have borne the penalty of your lewdness and abominations, declares the LORD.
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23 Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them.
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17 At the end of seventy years, the LORD will attend to Tyre. She will return to her hire and will prostitute herself to all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
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9 Because Israel's immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.
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33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.
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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.
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40 Furthermore, 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.
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3 For all the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the abundance of her luxurious living.
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20 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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10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.