Ezekiel 16 · Verse 38

Ezekiel 16:38

And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
Ezekiel 16:38, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:38 in other translations

BSBAnd I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
WEBI will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
ASVAnd I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy.
YLTAnd I have judged thee--judgments of adulteresses, And of women shedding blood, And have given thee blood, fury, and jealousy.
DARBYAnd I will judge thee with the judgments of women that commit adultery and shed blood; and I will give thee up to the blood of fury and jealousy;
BBEAnd you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have taken life; and I will let loose against you passion and bitter feeling.
WebsterAnd I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

What does Ezekiel 16:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:38-40
38-40. judge thee, as women that break wedlock--(Le 20:10; compare Eze 16:2). In the case of individual adulteresses, stoning was the penalty (Joh 8:4, 5). In the case of communities, the sword. Also apostasy (De 13:10) and sacrificing children to Molech (Le 20:1-5) incurred stoning. Thus the penalty was doubly due to Israel; so the other which was decreed against an apostate city (De 13:15, 16) is added, "they shall stone thee with stones and thrust thee through with ... swords." The Chaldeans hurled stones on Jerusalem at the siege and slew with the sword on its capture. shed blood ... judged--(Ge 9:6). jealousy--image taken from the fury of a husband in jealousy shedding the blood of an unfaithful wife, such as Israel had been towards God, her husband spiritually. Literally, "I will make thee (to become) blood of fury and jealousy."

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…

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Ezekiel 16:38 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.

וּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙u.she.fa.tiKhand I will judge youH8199
מִשְׁפְּטֵ֣יmish.pe.Teijudgments ofH4941
נֹאֲפ֔וֹתno.'a.FotadulteressesH5003
וְשֹׁפְכֹ֖תve.sho.fe.Khotand [women who] shedH8210
דָּ֑םDambloodH1818
וּנְתַתִּ֕יךְu.ne.ta.Tikhand I will put on youH5414
דַּ֥םdamblood ofH1818
חֵמָ֖הche.MahrageH2534
וְקִנְאָֽה\׃ve.kin.'Ahand jealousyH7068

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 16:38

  • Genesis 9:6

    Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

  • Leviticus 20:10

    And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Zephaniah 1:17

    And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

  • Numbers 35:31

    Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

  • Ezekiel 16:20-21

    Moreover 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, That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

  • Deuteronomy 22:22-24

    If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

  • Matthew 1:18-19

    Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

  • Psalms 79:3-5

    Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

  • Ezekiel 16:36

    Thus 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;

  • John 8:3-5

    And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

  • Ezekiel 16:40

    They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as women. Heb. with judgments of women, etc.
40; 23:45-47; Ge 38:11,24; Le 20:10; De 22:22-24; Mt 1:18,19
Joh 8:3-5
shed.
20,21,36; Ge 9:6; Ex 21:12; Nu 35:31; Ps 79:3-5; Jer 18:21
Zep 1:17; Na 1:2; Re 16:6

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Context

  • Ezekiel 16:37

    Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

  • Ezekiel 16:38

    And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

  • 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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Ezekiel 16:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y yo te juzgaré por las leyes de las adúlteras, y de las que derraman sangre; y te daré en sangre de ira y de celo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je te jugerai du jugement des femmes adultères et de celles qui versent le sang, et je te livrerai au sang de la fureur et de la jalousie;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde dich richten nach den Rechten der Ehebrecherinnen und der Blutvergießerinnen, und dich machen zum Blute des Grimmes und der Eifersucht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et judicabo te judiciis adulterarum, et effundentium sanguinem: et dabo te in sanguinem furoris et zeli.