Ezekiel 23:11
And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
Ezekiel 23:11 in other translations
| BSB | Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister. |
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| WEB | “Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lusting than she, and in her prostitution which was more depraved than the prostitution of her sister. |
| ASV | And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister. |
| YLT | And see doth her sister Aholibah, And she maketh her doting love more corrupt than she, And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of her sister. |
| DARBY | And her sister Oholibah saw this, and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister. |
| BBE | And her sister Oholibah saw this, but her desire was even more unmeasured, and her loose behaviour was worse than that of her sister. |
| Webster | And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her prostitutions more than her sister in her prostitutions. |
What does Ezekiel 23:11 mean?
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Ezekiel 23:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 23:11
- Jeremiah 3:8-11
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
- Ezekiel 23:4
And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
- Ezekiel 16:47-51
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. 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. 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. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. …
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4; Jer 3:8
was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she. Heb. shecorrupted her inordinate love more than she. her sister in her whoredoms. Heb. the whoredoms of her sister.
16:47-51; Jer 3:8-11
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Context
- Ezekiel 23:10
These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
- Ezekiel 23:11
And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
- Ezekiel 23:12
She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
Ezekiel 23:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y viólo su hermana Aholibah, y estragó su amor más que ella; y sus fornicaciones, más que las fornicaciones de su hermana. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et sa sœur Oholiba vit cela, et se corrompit plus qu’elle dans ses amours passionnées; et ses prostitutions furent plus grandes que les débauches de sa sœur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihre Schwester Oholiba sah es, und sie trieb ihre Lüsternheit ärger als sie, und ihre Hurereien weiter als die Hurereien ihrer Schwester. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod cum vidisset soror ejus Ooliba, plus quam illa insanivit libidine, et fornicationem suam super fornicationem sororis suæ: |