Ezekiel 16:33

Ezekiel 16:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
• New International Version (NIV)All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from every side with your whorings.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Men make payment to all harlots, but you made your payments to all your lovers, and hired them to come to you from all around for your harlotry.

Context of Ezekiel 16:33

31When you built your shrine at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every public square, in spurning a prostitute’s fee, you were not like a prostitute. 32You adulteress wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband! Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you give your gifts to all your lovers and lavish favors on them so that they will come to you from every direction for your obscene practices. 34So it is the opposite for you from those women in your obscene practices, in that you are not approached for prostitution, and in the fact that you pay a prostitute’s fee, and no fee is paid to you; so you are the opposite.” 35Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:33 word by word

לְכָל־זֹנ֖וֹת יִתְּנוּ־נֵ֑דֶה וְאַ֨תְּ נָתַ֤תְּ אֶת־נְדָנַ֙יִךְ֙ לְכָל־מְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְ וַתִּשְׁחֳדִ֣י אוֹתָ֗ם לָב֥וֹא אֵלַ֛יִךְ מִסָּבִ֖יב בְּתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

• giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• giftsנֶ֑דֶהnêdeh · giftH5078
• to allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• prostitutesזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• your giftsנָדָןnâdân · giftH5083
• your loversאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• and lavishשָׁחַדshâchad · to bribeH7809
• on them so that they will comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to you from everyסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• for your obsceneתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:33

• Genesis 38:16So he turned aside to her by the road, and said, “Here now, let me have relations with you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me, that you may have relations with me?”
• Deuteronomy 23:17“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.
• Hosea 2:12And I will destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, ‘They are my wages for prostitution Which my lovers have given me.’ And I will turn them into a forest, And the animals of the field will devour them.
• Joel 3:3They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.
• Micah 1:7All of her idols will be crushed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire, And all of her images I will make desolate; For she collected them from a prostitute’s earnings, And to the earnings of a prostitute they will return.
• Luke 15:30but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’
• Isaiah 30:3Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame, And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
• Isaiah 57:9You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your messengers a great distance And made them go down to Sheol.
• Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has paid fees for lovers.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:33

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33The picture is heightened by the contrast between one who as a prostitute receives hire for her shame, and one who as a wife is so utterly abandoned as to bestow her husband‘s goods to purchase her own dishonor. Compare 2 Kings 16:8.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-63In Ezekiel 16, Jerusalem is described as an unfaithful wife and a prostitute. This language is very strong. Even in English, the chapter can be difficult to read. In its ancient setting, it would have sounded even more shocking. Ezekiel used graphic language to show how serious Judah’s sin was. He did not try to make his message softer or more polite. He spoke in a direct and forceful way. This strong language is the main point of the chapter. Ezekiel…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3433-34. Israel hired her paramours, instead of being, like other harlots, hired by them; she also followed them without their following her.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:33

• High Places
• Lasciviousness

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• Confound
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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