Ezekiel 16:10

Ezekiel 16:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
• New International Version (NIV)I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of badger skin; I clothed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

Context of Ezekiel 16:10

8Later, I saw you again as I went that way. I saw that you had become a woman who was old enough to marry. So I covered your bare body with my coat. I promised to marry you. I made a covenant with you so that you became my wife. That is what the Almighty Lord says. 9Then I washed your body with water. I washed away the blood and I put sweet oil on your body. I put a beautiful dress on you. I put the best leather shoes on your feet. I dressed you with clothes made from linen and other expensive cloths. 11I put beautiful jewels on you. I put rings on your hands and a necklace around your neck. 12I put a gold ring in your nose. I put rings in your ears. And I put a beautiful crown on your head.

Ezekiel 16:10 word by word

וָאַלְבִּישֵׁ֣ךְ רִקְמָ֔ה וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְ תָּ֑חַשׁ וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְ בַּשֵּׁ֔שׁ וַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְ מֶֽשִׁי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I clothedלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• thee also with broidered workרִקְמָהriqmâh · embroideryH7553
• and shodנָעַלnâ‛al · to shoeH5274
• thee with badgers’ skinתַּ֫חַשׁtachash · leatherH8476
• and I girdedחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
• thee about with fine linenשֵׁשׁshêsh sheshîy · linenH8336
• and I coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• thee with silkמֶ֫שִׁיmeshîy · silkH4897

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:10

• Ezekiel 16:7I made you grow well, like the plants in a field. You became tall and beautiful, like a bright jewel. Your breasts grew and your hair became long. But you still had no clothes to cover your bare body.
• Psalms 45:13The king's bride is in the palace, and she looks beautiful! Her dress has gold threads in it.
• Isaiah 61:3In that way, the people in Zion who are sad will become strong again. They will not put ashes on their heads any more. Instead, they will wear beautiful hats. Instead of weeping, they will have olive oil to show their joy. They will not feel upset, but they will sing happy songs to praise God. People will call them ‘Strong trees that show God's righteousness’. They will be like trees that the Lord himself has planted to show how great he is.
• Luke 15:22But the father shouted to his servants. “Hurry!” he said. “Fetch the most beautiful coat that we have. Put it on him and also put a ring on his finger. Put shoes on his feet.
• Revelation 21:2I saw God's own holy city, called the new Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. It was very beautiful, like a bride who is wearing beautiful clothes, ready to meet her husband.
• Ezekiel 16:13I used gold and silver to make you beautiful. I gave you expensive clothes that were made of linen and other pretty cloth. I gave you good food to eat, flour, honey and olive oil. You became a very beautiful woman. You even became a queen.
• Exodus 28:5The workers who have special skills must use beautiful material that is gold, blue, purple and red, as well as good linen.
• 1 Peter 3:3Think about what makes you beautiful. The way that you prepare your hair does not really make you beautiful. Gold things or beautiful clothes do not make you beautiful.
• Exodus 25:5red leather from sheep's skins and other good leather; wood from acacia trees;
• Exodus 26:14Use red leather from sheep's skins to cover the tent. Then use another kind of good leather to cover the red leather.
• Exodus 39:27The workers made long shirts for Aaron and his sons, the priests. They used good linen to make cloth for the shirts.
• Revelation 7:9After this, I looked again. I saw a very big crowd of people. There were so many people that nobody could count them. They came from every nation, from every tribe and from every language. They were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing long white clothes and they held branches of palm trees in their hands.
• Revelation 19:8God has given her linen clothes to wear that are bright and clean.’ These special linen clothes show the good things that God's holy people have done.
• Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh took his king's ring from his finger and he put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed Joseph in beautiful clothes made of linen. He put a gold chain round Joseph's neck.
• Proverbs 31:22She makes beautiful cloths to cover the beds. Her own clothes are made with valuable linen and purple cloth.
• Revelation 18:12They sold many expensive things like these: Things made from gold and silver. Valuable stones and pearls. Good linen and other kinds of expensive cloth that is red or purple. Things made from wood that has a nice smell. Many different things that are made from ivory. Many kinds of things that people had made from expensive wood, from different metals and from stone.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I clothed thee also with broidered work - Cloth on which various figures, in various colors, were wrought by the needle. With badgers'skin - See Exodus 25:6. The same kind of skin with which the tabernacle was covered. Fine linen - בשש beshesh, with cotton. I have seen cloth of this kind enveloping the finest mummies. I covered thee with silk - משי meshi . Very probably the produce of the silk-worm.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Badgers‘ skin - Probably the skin of the dolphin or dugong (Exodus 25:5 note). Silk - For a robe, a turban, or (as gauze) for a transparent veil; the derivation of the word in the original is much disputed.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The Lord did for Jerusalem what her parents never did: he washed, anointed, and clothed her, reversing the circumstances of her birth. The Lord gave Jerusalem beautiful gifts. He dressed her with ornaments and fine materials fit for a queen. Some of these same materials were used in the tabernacle (see Exodus 25:3–5; 26:1–14). This detail would remind the people of Jerusalem of something important. Their city was chosen as the place for God’s sanctuary…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Psa 45:13, 14, similarly describes the Church (Israel, the appointed mother of Christendom) adorned as a bride (so Is 61:10). It is Messiah who provides the wedding garment (Re 3:18; 19:8). badgers' skin--tahash; others translate, "seal skins." They formed the over-covering of the tabernacle, which was, as it were, the nuptial tent of God and Israel (Ex 26:14), and the material of the shoes worn by the Hebrews on festival days. (See on Ex 25:5). fine…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:10

• Badger
• Bride
• Bridegroom
• Embroidery
• God Continued...
• Linen
• Shoe
• Silk

In the dictionaries

• Badger
• Confound
• Dress
• Eminent
• Equal
• Fornication
• Gird
• Girdle
• Headdress
• Justify

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings