Ezekiel 16 · Verse 33

Ezekiel 16:33

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.
Ezekiel 16:33, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:33 in other translations

BSBMen give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
WEBPeople 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.
ASVThey 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.
YLTTo 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.
DARBYThey give rewards to all harlots; but thou gavest thy rewards to all thy lovers, and rewardedst them, that they might come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.
BBEThey 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.
WebsterThey give gifts to all lewd women: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come to thee on every side for thy lewdness.

What does Ezekiel 16:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:33-34
33-34. Israel hired her paramours, instead of being, like other harlots, hired by them; she also followed them without their following her.

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

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 16:1-58 →

Ezekiel 16:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
זֹנ֖וֹתzo.NotprostitutesH2181
יִתְּנוּ\־yi.te.nu-men giveH5414
נֵ֑דֶהNe.deha giftH5078
וְאַ֨תְּve.'Atand youH859
נָתַ֤תְּna.Tatyou have givenH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נְדָנַ֙יִךְ֙ne.da.Na.yikhgift yourH5083
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
מְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhlovers yourH157
וַתִּשְׁחֳדִ֣יva.tish.cho.Diand you have bribedH7809
אוֹתָ֗ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
לָב֥וֹאla.Vo'to comeH935
אֵלַ֛יִךְ'e.La.yikhto youH413
מִסָּבִ֖יבmi.sa.Vivfrom round aboutH5439
בְּתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ\׃be.taz.nu.Ta.yikhby prostitution<s> yourH8457

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 16:33

  • Isaiah 57:9

    And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

  • Hosea 8:9-10

    For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

  • Ezekiel 16:41

    And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

  • Joel 3:3

    And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

  • Genesis 38:16-18

    And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

  • Isaiah 30:6-7

    The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

  • Luke 15:30

    But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

  • Isaiah 30:3

    Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

  • Micah 1:7

    And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

  • Hosea 2:12

    And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

  • Deuteronomy 23:17-18

    There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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give.
Ge 38:16-18; De 23:17,18; Ho 2:12; Joe 3:3; Mic 1:7; Lu 15:30
but thou.
Isa 30:3,6,7; 57:9; Ho 8:9,10
hirest. Heb. bribest.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 16:32

    But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Ezekiel 16:33

    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.

  • Ezekiel 16:34

    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.

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Ezekiel 16:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
A todas las rameras dan dones; mas tú diste tus dones á todos tus enamorados; y les diste presentes, porque entrasen á ti de todas partes por tus fornicaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
On fait des cadeaux à toutes les prostituées; mais toi, tu fais tes cadeaux à tous tes amants, et tu les engages par des présents à venir vers toi de tous côtés, pour tes prostitutions.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Allen Huren gibt man Geschenke; du aber gabst deine Geschenke allen deinen Buhlen, und du beschenktest sie, damit sie von ringsumher zu dir kämen, um Hurerei mit dir zu treiben
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnibus meretricibus dantur mercedes: tu autem dedisti mercedes cunctis amatoribus tuis, et dona donabas eis, ut intrarent ad te undique ad fornicandum tecum.