Ezekiel 16:56
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
Ezekiel 16:56 in other translations
| BSB | Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride, |
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| WEB | For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride, |
| ASV | For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, |
| YLT | And thy sister Sodom hath not been for a report in thy mouth, In the day of thine arrogancy, |
| DARBY | Yea, Sodom thy sister was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, |
| BBE | Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride, |
| Webster | For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, |
What does Ezekiel 16:56 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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…
Ezekiel 16:56 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 16:56
- Isaiah 65:5
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
- Zephaniah 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
- Luke 15:28-30
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
- Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isa 65:5; Zep 3:11; Lu 15:28-30; 18:11
mentioned. Heb. for a report, or a hearing. pride. Heb.prides, or excellencies.
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Context
- Ezekiel 16:55
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
- Ezekiel 16:56
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
- Ezekiel 16:57
Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.
Ezekiel 16:56 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sodoma, tu hermana, no fué nombrada en tu boca en el tiempo de tus soberbias, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Sodome, ta sœur, n’a pas été mentionnée par ta bouche, au jour de ton orgueil, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Sodom, deine Schwester, wurde nicht erwähnt in deinem Munde am Tage deiner Hoffärtigkeiten, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non fuit autem Sodoma soror tua audita in ore tuo in die superbiæ tuæ, |