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 build your mound at the head of every road and make your high place in every street. Yet you were not like a harlot, since you scoffed at receiving payment. 32You adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband! To all prostitutes gifts are given—but you gave your gifts to all your lovers! You bribed them to come to you from every side in your harlotry. 34So you are the opposite of other women—no one runs after you for favors. You give payment and none is given to you. So you are the opposite! 35“Therefore, harlot, hear the word of Adonai!”

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• They giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• giftsנֶ֑דֶהnêdeh · giftH5078
• to all whoresזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• thy giftsנָדָןnâdân · giftH5083
• to all thy loversאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• and hirestשָׁחַדshâchad · to bribeH7809
• them, that they may comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto thee on every sideסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
• for thy whoredomתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:33

• Genesis 38:16So he turned aside to her along the way and said, “Please let me sleep with you” (for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law). “What,” she asked, “will you give me to sleep with me?”
• Deuteronomy 23:17Let him dwell with you in your midst, in the place he chooses within one of your town gates—the one that is good for him. You are not to mistreat him.
• Hosea 2:12So now I will uncover her lewdness to the eyes of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from My hand.
• Joel 3:3I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth— blood, fire and pillars of smoke.
• Micah 1:7All her images will be smashed, all her prostitute’s pay burned with fire, and all her idols I will make desolate. For from prostitute’s pay she collected them and to prostitute’s pay they will return.
• Luke 15:30But when this son of yours came—the one who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes—for him you killed the fattened calf!”
• Isaiah 30:3Therefore Pharaoh’s stronghold will become your shame, and the shelter in Egypt’s shadow will become your disgrace.
• Isaiah 57:9You journeyed to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away, and made them go down to Sheol.
• Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey alone by itself. Ephraim has hired 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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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