New English Translation
Ezekiel 16:7
7I made you plentiful like sprouts in a field; you grew tall and came of age so that you could wear jewelry. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, but you were still naked and bare.
Ezekiel 16:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
- New International Version (NIV)I made you grow like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall and arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I made you thrive like a plant in the field; and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed, your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
Context of Ezekiel 16:7
5No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; you were thrown out into the open field because you were detested on the day you were born. 6“‘I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” I made you plentiful like sprouts in a field; you grew tall and came of age so that you could wear jewelry. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, but you were still naked and bare. 8“‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine. 9“‘Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil.
Read all of Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 16:7 word by word
רְבָבָ֗ה כְּצֶ֤מַח הַשָּׂדֶה֙ נְתַתִּ֔יךְ וַתִּרְבִּי֙ וַֽתִּגְדְּלִ֔י וַתָּבֹ֖אִי בַּעֲדִ֣י עֲדָיִ֑ים שָׁדַ֤יִם נָכֹ֙נוּ֙ וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְ צִמֵּ֔חַ וְאַ֖תְּ עֵרֹ֥ם וְעֶרְיָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I have causedנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
- thee to multiplyרְבָבָהrebâbâh · myriadH7233
- as the budצֶ֫מַחtsemach · branchH6780
- of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- and thou hast increasedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- and waxen greatגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
- and thou art comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to excellentעֲדִי‛ădîy · ornamentH5716
- breastsשַׁדshad shôd · breastH7699
- are fashionedכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
- and thine hairשֵׂעָרώê‛âr ώa‛ar · hairH8181
- is grownצָמַחtsâmach · to springH6779
- nakedעֵירֹם‛êyrôm ‛êrôm · nakedH5903
- and bareעֶרְיָה‛eryâh · nakednessH6181
Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:7
- Genesis 22:17I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
- Exodus 1:7The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, plus their dependants.
- Acts 7:17“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,
- Ezekiel 16:10I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
- Exodus 3:22Every woman will ask her neighbor and the one who happens to be staying in her house for items of silver and gold and for clothing. You will put these articles on your sons and daughters – thus you will plunder Egypt!”
- Deuteronomy 1:10The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?
- Deuteronomy 32:10The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.
- Deuteronomy 33:26There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.
- Nehemiah 9:18even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.
- Psalms 135:4Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.
- Psalms 147:20He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the Lord!
- Psalms 148:14He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise – the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the Lord!
- Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!
- Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I caused “thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou” didst increase “and” wax “great, and thou” didst come “to excellent” beauty; “thy breasts” were “fashioned and thine hair” was grown, yet wast “thou naked and bare.” The prophet has arrived at the time at which the child grew up to maturity. God preserved the life of the infant which must without His help have died Ezekiel 16:6; and the child grew up to womanhood, but was still desolate and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Jerusalem was helpless and close to death. She had no one to protect her. At that moment, the Lord stepped in and spoke a life-giving word. Without his word, she would have died. The Lord did not owe this abandoned child anything. Many other children in the ancient world were left to die. He was not required to rescue her. But because of his grace and mercy (his undeserved kindness and compassion), he chose to save her. The Lord did more than keep her…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. caused ... to multiply--literally, "I ... made thee a myriad." bud of ... field--the produce of the field. In two hundred fifty years they increased from seventy-five persons to eight hundred thousand (Ac 7:14) [Calvin]. But see Ex 12:37, 38. excellent ornaments--literally, "ornament of ornaments." naked ... bare--(Ho 2:3). Literally, "nakedness ... bareness" itself; more emphatic.Read the comment
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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
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