Ezekiel 16:31
In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
Ezekiel 16:31 in other translations
| BSB | But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. |
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| WEB | in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay. |
| ASV | in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire. |
| YLT | In thy building thine arch at the head of every way, Thy high place thou hast made in every broad place, And--hast not been as a whore deriding a gift. |
| DARBY | in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward, |
| BBE | For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment. |
| Webster | In that thou buildest thy eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire; |
What does Ezekiel 16:31 mean?
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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…
Ezekiel 16:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 16:31
- Ezekiel 16:33-34
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. And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
- Isaiah 52:3
For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
- Hosea 12:11
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
- Ezekiel 16:24-25
That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. 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.
- Ezekiel 16:39
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
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Context
- Ezekiel 16:30
How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
- Ezekiel 16:31
In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
- Ezekiel 16:32
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Ezekiel 16:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Edificando tus altares en cabeza de todo camino, y haciendo tus altares en todas las plazas! Y no fuiste semejante á ramera, menospreciando el salario, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | te bâtissant ton lieu de débauche au bout de chaque chemin; et tu as établi ton haut lieu dans toutes les places. Et tu n’es pas comme une prostituée, en ce que tu dédaignes le salaire: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | indem du deine Gewölbe baust an jedem Scheidewege und deine Höhen auf allen Straßen machst. Und du warst nicht einmal wie eine Hure, indem du den Lohn verschmähtest; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia fabricasti lupanar tuum in capite omnis viæ, et excelsum tuum fecisti in omni platea: nec facta es quasi meretrix fastidio augens pretium, |