Ezekiel 23:3New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And they committed lewd deeds in Egypt; they committed lewd deeds in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they were first corrupted.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And they committed whoredom in Egypt; they committed whoredom in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there were handled the teats of their virginity.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And they became unchaste in Egypt, In their youth, became they unchaste, There, were handled their breasts, And, there, were pressed their virgin bosoms.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And they committed fornication in Egypt, in their youth they committed fornication: there were their breasts pressed down, and the teats of their virginity were bruised.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And they committed fornication in Egypt, they committed fornication in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teates of their virginitie.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And they committed whordomes in Egypt, they committed whordomes in their youth: there were their brests pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginitie.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And they committed whoredom in Egypt in their youth; there were their breasts fondled, there was their virginity broken.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and they went a-whoring in Mizraim{gr.Egypt} in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And they committed whoredoms in Mitzrayim; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. |
And they committed whoredoms
2181 {2181} Primeזָנָהzanah{zaw-naw'}
A primitive root (highly fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple forniciation, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
in
Mixrayim
מִצרַיִם;
4714 {4714} PrimeמִצְרַיִםMitsrayim{mits-rah'-yim}
Dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt.
they committed whoredoms
2181 {2181} Primeזָנָהzanah{zaw-naw'}
A primitive root (highly fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple forniciation, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
in their youth:
5271 {5271} Primeנָעוּרna`uwr{naw-oor'}
Properly passive participle from H5288 as denominative; (only in plural collectively or emphatically) youth, the state ( juvenility) or the persons ( young people).
there
x8033 (8033) Complementשָׁםsham{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
were their breasts
7699 {7699} Primeשַׁדshad{shad}
Probably from H7736 (in its original sense) contracted; the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging).
pressed,
4600 {4600} Primeמעךְma`ak{maw-ak'}
A primitive root; to press, that is, to pierce, emasculate, handle.
z8795 <8795> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 199
and there
x8033 (8033) Complementשָׁםsham{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
they bruised
6213 {6213} Primeעָשָׂה`asah{aw-saw'}
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.
z8765 <8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 2121
the teats
1717 {1717} Primeדַּדdad{dad}
Apparently from the same as H1730; the breast (as the seat of love, or from its shape).
of their virginity.
1331 {1331} Primeבְּתוּלִיםb@thuwliym{beth-oo-leem'}
Masculine plural of the same as H1330; (collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely the tokens of it. |
Ezekiel 23:3
_ _ Even so early in their history as their Egyptian sojourn, they committed idolatries (see on Ezekiel 20:6-8; see on Joshua 24:14).
_ _ in their youth — an aggravation of their sin. It was at the very time of their receiving extraordinary favors from God (Ezekiel 16:6, Ezekiel 16:22).
_ _ they bruised — namely, the Egyptians. |
Ezekiel 23:3
Whoredoms — Idolatry. |
Ezekiel 23:3
And they committed harlotries in (b) Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
(b) They became idolaters after the manner of the Egyptians. |
- in Egypt:
Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Deuteronomy 29:16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
Joshua 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
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- in their:
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 23:19 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.
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.
Ezekiel 16:22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, [and] wast polluted in thy blood.
Hosea 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
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