Ezekiel 16 · Verse 10

Ezekiel 16:10

I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
Ezekiel 16:10, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:10 in other translations

BSBI clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
WEBI clothed you also with embroidered work and put leather sandals on you. I dressed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
ASVI clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk.
YLTAnd I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin, And I gird thee with fine linen, And I cover thee with figured silk.
DARBYand I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.
BBEAnd I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk.
WebsterI clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

What does Ezekiel 16:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Psa 45:13, 14, similarly describes the Church (Israel, the appointed mother of Christendom) adorned as a bride (so Is 61:10). It is Messiah who provides the wedding garment (Re 3:18; 19:8). badgers' skin--tahash; others translate, "seal skins." They formed the over-covering of the tabernacle, which was, as it were, the nuptial tent of God and Israel (Ex 26:14), and the material of the shoes worn by the Hebrews on festival days. (See on Ex 25:5). fine linen--used by the priests (Le 6:10); emblem of purity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work - Cloth on which various figures, in various colors, were wrought by the needle. With badgers'skin - See Exo 25:6. The same kind of skin with which the tabernacle was covered. Fine linen - בשש beshesh, with cotton. I have seen cloth of this kind enveloping the finest mummies. I covered thee with silk - משי meshi. Very probably the produce of the silk-worm.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 16:1-58

A parable showing the first low estate of the Jewish nation, its prosperity, idolatries, and punishment. Verses 1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This is done under the parable of an exposed infant rescued from death, educated, espoused, and richly provided…

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Ezekiel 16:10 in the original Hebrew

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וָאַלְבִּישֵׁ֣ךְva.'al.bi.Shekhand I clothed youH3847
רִקְמָ֔הrik.Mahmulticolored clothH7553
וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְva.'en.'a.Lekhand I shod youH5274
תָּ֑חַשׁTa.chashleatherH8476
וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְva.'ech.be.Shekhand I wrapped head yourH2280
בַּשֵּׁ֔שׁba.Sheshwith <the> fine linenH8336
וַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְva.'a.kha.Sekhand I covered youH3680
מֶֽשִׁי\׃Me.shisilkH4897

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 16:10

  • Ezekiel 16:18

    And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

  • Ezekiel 16:13

    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.

  • Exodus 26:36

    And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

  • Psalms 45:13-14

    The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

  • Isaiah 61:10

    I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

  • Ezekiel 27:16

    Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

  • Isaiah 61:3

    To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  • Exodus 39:27-28

    And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

  • Genesis 41:42

    And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

  • Revelation 19:8

    And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

  • Exodus 28:5

    And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

  • Exodus 26:14

    And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
clothed.
7; Ps 45:13,14; Isa 61:3,10; Lu 15:22; Re 21:2
broidered.
13,18; Ex 28:5; 1Pe 3:3,4
badgers' skin.
Ex 25:5; 26:14
I girded.
Ex 39:27,28; Re 7:9-14; 19:8
covered.
Ge 41:42; *marg:
Pr 31:22; Re 18:12

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Context

  • Ezekiel 16:9

    Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

  • Ezekiel 16:10

    I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

  • Ezekiel 16:11

    I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

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Ezekiel 16:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y te vestí de bordado, y te calcé de tejón, y ceñíte de lino, y te vestí de seda.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je te vêtis de broderie, et je te chaussai de peau de taisson, et je te ceignis de lin blanc, et je te couvris de soie;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich bekleidete dich mit Buntgewirktem und beschuhte dich mit Seekuhfellen, und ich umwand dich mit Byssus und bedeckte dich mit Seide;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et vestivi te discoloribus, et calceavi te janthino, et cinxi te bysso, et indui te subtilibus: