Ezekiel 23 · Verse 8

Ezekiel 23:8

Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
Ezekiel 23:8, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:8 in other translations

BSBShe did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
WEBShe hasn’t left her prostitution since leaving Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her. They caressed her youthful nipples and they poured out their prostitution on her.
ASVNeither hath she left her whoredoms since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her.
YLTAnd her whoredoms out of Egypt she hath not forsaken, For with her they lay in her youth, And they dealt with the loves of her virginity, And they pour out their whoredoms on her.
DARBYNeither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her, and had handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her.
BBEAnd she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.
WebsterNeither left she her lewd deeds brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they first corrupted her, and poured their impurities upon her.

What does Ezekiel 23:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. whoredoms brought from Egypt--the calves set up in Dan and Beth-el by Jeroboam, answering to the Egyptian bull-formed idol Apis. Her alliances with Egypt politically are also meant (Is 30:2, 3; 31:1). The ten tribes probably resumed the Egyptian rites, in order to enlist the Egyptians against Judah (2Ch 12:2-4).

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

Ezekiel 23:8 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
תַּזְנוּתֶ֤יהָtaz.nu.Tei.haprostitution<s> herH8457
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimsince EgyptH4714
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
עָזָ֔בָה'a.Za.vahshe forsookH5800
כִּ֤יkiifH3588
אוֹתָהּ֙'o.Tah<obj.> herH853
שָׁכְב֣וּsha.khe.Vuthey had lain withH7901
בִנְעוּרֶ֔יהָvin.'u.Rei.hain youth<s> herH5271
וְהֵ֥מָּהve.He.mahand theyH1992
עִשּׂ֖וּ'i.Suthey had squeezedH6213
דַּדֵּ֣יda.Dei[the] nipples ofH1717
בְתוּלֶ֑יהָve.tu.Lei.havirginiti<es> herH1331
וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֥וּvai.yish.pe.Khuand they had poured outH8210
תַזְנוּתָ֖םtaz.nu.Tamprostitution theirH8457
עָלֶֽיהָ\׃'a.Lei.haon herH5921

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:8

  • Ezekiel 23:3

    And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

  • Exodus 32:4

    And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 23:19

    Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Kings 12:28

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Kings 10:29

    Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth–el, and that were in Dan.

  • 2 Kings 17:16

    And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
whoredoms.
3,19,21; Ex 32:4; 1Ki 12:28; 2Ki 10:29; 17:16

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 23:8

    Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

  • Ezekiel 23:9

    Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

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Ezekiel 23:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y no dejó sus fornicaciones de Egipto: porque con ella se echaron en su mocedad, y ellos comprimieron los pechos de su virginidad, y derramaron sobre ella su fornicación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle n’abandonna pas ses prostitutions qui datent de l’Égypte, car ils avaient couché avec elle dans sa jeunesse, et ils avaient pressé les seins de sa virginité, et avaient versé sur elle leur prostitution.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und auch ihre Hurereien von Ägypten her ließ sie nicht; denn sie hatten bei ihr gelegen in ihrer Jugend, und hatten ihren jungfräulichen Busen betastet und ihre Hurerei über sie ausgegossen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Insuper et fornicationes suas, quas habuerat in Ægypto, non reliquit: nam et illi dormierunt cum ea in adolescentia ejus, et illi confregerunt ubera pubertatis ejus, et effuderunt fornicationem suam super eam.