Ezekiel 16 · Verse 49

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 16:49, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:49 in other translations

BSBNow this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
WEB“‘“Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
ASVBehold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
YLTLo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.
DARBYBehold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
BBETruly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.
WebsterBehold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

What does Ezekiel 16:49 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
49. pride--inherited by Moab, her offspring (Is 16:6; Jr 48:26), and by Ammon (Jr 49:4). God, the heart-searcher, here specifies as Sodom's sin, not merely her notorious lusts, but the secret spring of them, "pride" flowing from "fullness of bread," caused by the fertility of the soil (Ge 13:10), and producing "idleness." abundance of idleness--literally, "the secure carelessness of ease" or idleness. neither did she strengthen ... the poor--Pride is always cruel; it arrogates to itself all things, and despises brethren, for whose needs it therefore has no feeling; as Moab had not for the outcast Jews (Is 16:3, 4; Jr 48:27; Lu 16:19-21; Jas 5:1-5).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 49 This was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom - If we are to take this place literally, Sodom was guilty of other crimes besides that for which she appears to have been especially punished; in addition to her unnatural crime, She is charged with pride, luxury, idleness, and uncharitableness; and these were sufficient to sink any city to the bottomless pit.

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 16:49 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.

הִנֵּה\־hi.neh-here!H2009
זֶ֣הzehthisH2088
הָיָ֔הha.Yahit wasH1961
עֲוֹ֖ן'a.Von[the] iniquity ofH5771
סְדֹ֣םse.DomSodomH5467
אֲחוֹתֵ֑ךְ'a.cho.Tekhsister yourH269
גָּא֨וֹןga.'onprideH1347
שִׂבְעַת\־siv.'at-surfeit ofH7653
לֶ֜חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899
וְשַׁלְוַ֣תve.shal.Vatand ease ofH7962
הַשְׁקֵ֗טhash.KetquietnessH8252
הָ֤יָהHa.yahit belongedH1961
לָהּ֙lahto her
וְלִבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָve.liv.no.Tei.haand to daughters herH1323
וְיַד\־ve.yad-and [the] hand ofH3027
עָנִ֥י'a.Ni[the] poorH6041
וְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.Yonand [the] needyH34
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
הֶחֱזִֽיקָה\׃he.che.Zi.kahshe strengthenedH2388

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 16:49

  • Psalms 138:6

    Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

  • Luke 12:16-20

    And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. …

  • Ezekiel 18:12

    Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

  • Isaiah 3:9

    The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • Daniel 5:23

    But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  • Ezekiel 18:16

    Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

  • Proverbs 18:12

    Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

  • Luke 17:28

    Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

  • Amos 5:11-12

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • Genesis 19:9

    And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
pride.
28:2,9,17; 29:3; Ge 19:9; Ps 138:6; Pr 16:5,18; 18:12; 21:4; Isa 3:9
Isa 16:6; Da 4:30,37; 5:23; Ob 1:3; 1Pe 5:5
fulness.
Ge 13:10; 18:20; De 32:15; Isa 22:13,14; Am 6:3-6; Lu 12:16-20
Lu 16:19; 17:28; 21:34
neither.
18:12; Pr 21:13; Isa 3:14,15; Am 5:11,12; 8:4-6; Mic 3:2-4
Lu 16:20,21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 16:48

    As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

  • Ezekiel 16:49

    Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

  • Ezekiel 16:50

    And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

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Ezekiel 16:49 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí que esta fué la maldad de Sodoma tu hermana: soberbia, hartura de pan, y abundancia de ociosidad tuvo ella y sus hijas; y no corroboró la mano del afligido y del menesteroso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, c’est ici l’iniquité de ta sœur Sodome: orgueil, abondance de pain et insouciant repos, elle les a possédés, elle et ses filles; mais elle n’a pas fortifié la main de l’affligé et du pauvre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, dies war die Missetat Sodoms, deiner Schwester: Hoffart, Fülle von Brot und sorglose Ruhe hatte sie mit ihren Töchtern, aber die Hand des Elenden und des Armen stärkte sie nicht;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce hæc fuit iniquitas Sodomæ sororis tuæ: superbia, saturitas panis et abundantia, et otium ipsius et filiarum ejus: et manum egeno et pauperi non porrigebant: