Ezekiel 23:21
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
Ezekiel 23:21 in other translations
| BSB | So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts. |
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| WEB | Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the caressing of your nipples by the Egyptians because of your youthful breasts. |
| ASV | Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of thy youth. |
| YLT | Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth. |
| DARBY | And thou didst look back to the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy teats by the Egyptians, for the breasts of thy youth. |
| BBE | And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians. |
| Webster | Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, by being corrupted by the Egyptians in thy youth. |
What does Ezekiel 23:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. calledst to remembrance--"didst repeat" [Maurer]. in bruising--in suffering ... to be bruised.
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Ezekiel 23:21 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Ezekiel 23:20
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
- Ezekiel 23:21
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
- Ezekiel 23:22
Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
Ezekiel 23:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así tornaste á la memoria la suciedad de tu mocedad, cuando comprimieron tus pechos en Egipto por los pechos de tu mocedad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu te rappelas l’infamie de ta jeunesse, lorsque les Égyptiens pressaient tes seins à cause des mamelles de ta jeunesse. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du schautest dich um nach der Schandtat deiner Jugend, als die von Ägypten deinen Busen betasteten um deiner jugendlichen Brüste willen. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et visitasti scelus adolescentiæ tuæ, quando subacta sunt in Ægypto ubera tua, et confractæ sunt mammæ pubertatis tuæ. |