Exodus 34:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִבְּנֹתָ֖יו לְבָנֶ֑יךָ וְזָנ֣וּ בְנֹתָ֗יו אַחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ן וְהִזְנוּ֙ אֶת־בָּנֶ֔יךָ אַחֲרֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃

Transliteration

wə-lāqaḥtā from-bənôtāyw for-bānêkā wə-zānû bənôtāyw ʾaḥărê ʾĕlōhêhen wə-hiznû ʾet-bānêkā ʾaḥărê ʾĕlōhêhen

Grammar Details

*wə-lāqaḥtā*: conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you will take
*bənôtāyw*: feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his daughters
*bānêkā*: masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sons
*wə-zānû*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they will prostitute/be unfaithful
*ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after/behind/following
*ʾĕlōhêhen*: masculine plural construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - their gods
*wə-hiznû*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - and they will cause to prostitute/be unfaithful
*ʾet*: direct object marker

Word Meanings

*zānû*: commit fornication/be unfaithful (spiritually)/prostitute
*hiznû*: cause to commit fornication/lead into unfaithfulness/make prostitute
*ʾĕlōhêhen*: their gods/deities/divine beings

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Referenced Verses

Deut 7:3-4 : 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
1 Kgs 11:2-4 : 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Ezra 9:2 : 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Neh 13:25 : 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
2 Cor 6:14-17 : 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said , I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Num 25:1-2 : 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Neh 13:23 : 23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 34:15
86%
15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
Judg 3:6
81%
6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Deut 7:3-4
2 verses
80%
3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
Lev 19:29
79%
29Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Exod 34:17
79%
17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Jer 16:2-3
2 verses
78%
2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
3For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
Deut 12:30-31
2 verses
77%
30Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
31Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Ezek 16:20
77%
20Moreover 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,
Josh 23:12
76%
12Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Ezra 9:12
76%
12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Hos 4:13-14
2 verses
76%
13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Ezek 16:16-17
2 verses
75%
16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
17Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
Deut 13:6
75%
6If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Lev 18:17-18
2 verses
75%
17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Ezek 16:26
75%
26Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Ezek 23:30
74%
30I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
Ezek 16:36
74%
36Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
Ezek 23:37
74%
37That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
Neh 10:30
74%
30And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
Ezek 16:32
74%
32But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Gen 34:9
74%
9And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
Deut 20:18
74%
18That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
Deut 23:17
74%
17There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Deut 4:25
74%
25When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
Deut 6:14
74%
14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
Deut 4:16
74%
16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Gen 34:16
74%
16Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
1 Kgs 11:2
74%
2Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
Deut 18:9
74%
9When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Jer 29:6
73%
6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
Exod 23:32
73%
32Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Deut 31:16
73%
16And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Lev 18:10
73%
10The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
Ps 106:39
73%
39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
Lev 18:15
73%
15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Neh 13:25
73%
25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Ezek 16:45
73%
45Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
2 Kgs 17:17
73%
17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Ezek 22:11
73%
11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
Exod 34:12
73%
12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
Ps 106:37
73%
37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
Isa 57:3
73%
3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Ezek 20:30
73%
30Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
Mal 2:11
72%
11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.