Ezekiel 23 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 23:6

Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
Ezekiel 23:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:6 in other translations

BSBclothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
WEBwho were clothed with blue—governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
ASVwho were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
YLTClothed with blue--governors and prefects, Desirable young men all of them, Horsemen, riding on horses,
DARBYclothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
BBEWho were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.
WebsterWho were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

What does Ezekiel 23:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. blue--rather, "purple" [Fairbairn]. As a lustful woman's passions are fired by showy dress and youthful appearance in men, so Israel was seduced by the pomp and power of Assyria (compare Is 10:8). horsemen--cavaliers.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Clothed with blue - The purple dye was highly valued among the ancients, and at first was only used by kings, at last it was used among the military, particularly by officers of high rank in the country.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 23:6 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.

לְבֻשֵׁ֤יle.vu.Sheiclothed ofH3847
תְכֵ֙לֶת֙te.Khe.letblueH8504
פַּח֣וֹתpa.ChotgovernorsH6346
וּסְגָנִ֔יםu.se.ga.Nimand officialsH5461
בַּח֥וּרֵיba.Chu.reiyoung men ofH970
חֶ֖מֶדChe.meddesireH2531
כֻּלָּ֑םku.Lamall of themH3605
פָּרָשִׁ֕יםpa.ra.ShimhorsemenH6571
רֹכְבֵ֖יro.khe.Veiriders ofH7392
סוּסִֽים\׃su.SimhorsesH5483

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:6

  • Ezekiel 23:23

    The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 23:5

    And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

  • Ezekiel 23:6

    Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

  • Ezekiel 23:7

    Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

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Ezekiel 23:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Vestidos de cárdeno, capitanes y príncipes, mancebos todos de codiciar, caballeros que andaban á caballo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		vêtus de bleu, gouverneurs et chefs, tous beaux jeunes hommes, cavaliers montés sur des chevaux;
German
Elberfelder 1871		gekleidet in Purpurblau, Landpfleger und Statthalter, allesamt anmutige Jünglinge Reiter, auf Rossen reitend.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		vestitos hyacintho, principes et magistratus, juvenes cupidinis, universos equites, ascensores equorum.