Ezekiel 23:41

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set my incense and oil.

Hebrew Names Version
and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you did set my incense and my oil.

King James Version
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

English Standard Version
You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.

New American Standard Bible
and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged in front of it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

New Century Version
They sat on a fine bed with a table set before it, on which they put my incense and my oil.

Amplified Bible
and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

World English Bible
and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you did set my incense and my oil.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And satest vpon a costly bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oyle.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

Legacy Standard Bible
and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

Contemporary English Version
They sat on a fancy couch, and in front of them was a table for the olive oil and incense that had belonged to me.

Complete Jewish Bible
and sat on a sumptuous bed, with a table arranged before it, on which you put my incense and my olive oil.

Darby Translation
and satest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil.

Easy-to-Read Version
You sat on a fine bed with a table set before it. You put my incense and my oil on this table.

George Lamsa Translation
Then they sat on stately beds, and tables were prepared before them, and my oil and my incense were wasted on them.

Good News Translation
They would sit on a beautiful couch, and in front of them they would have a table covered with good things, including the incense and the olive oil that I had given them.

Lexham English Bible
And you sat on a magnificent couch and a table prepared before her, and my incense and my olive oil you put on her.

Literal Translation
And you sat on a glorious bed, and a table was arranged before it, and My incense and My oil you set on it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
thou sattest vpo a goodly bed, & a table spred before the: whervpon thou hast set myne incense and myne oyle.

American Standard Version
and sit upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.

Bible in Basic English
And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and sattest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set Mine incense and Mine oil.

King James Version (1611)
And satest vpon a stately bedde, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oile.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sattest vpon a stately bed, and a table spread before it, whervpon thou hast set mine incense and mine sylc.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and satest on a prepared bed, and before it there was a table set out, and as for mine incense and mine oil, they rejoiced in them,

English Revised Version
and satest upon a stately bed. with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou satist in a ful fair bed, and a boord was ourned bifor thee; thou settidist myn encense and myn oynement on it.

Update Bible Version
and sat on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.

Webster's Bible Translation
And sattest upon a stately bed and a table prepared before it, upon which thou hast set my incense and my oil.

New English Translation
You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.

New King James Version
You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

New Living Translation
You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.

New Life Bible
You sat on a beautiful seat with a table made ready in front of it on which you had set My special perfume and My oil.

New Revised Standard
you sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then satest thou upon a glorious couch With a table prepared before it, - And mine incense and mine oil, didst thou set thereon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou sattest on a very fine bed, and a table was decked before thee: whereupon thou didst set my incense, and my ointment.

Revised Standard Version
you sat upon a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.

Contextual Overview

³⁶Then the LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. ³⁷For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. ³⁸They have also done to Me this: On that very same day they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths. ³⁹On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, this they did inside My house. ⁴⁰Furthermore, they sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry. ⁴¹You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.⁴²The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her. Sabeans were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head. ⁴³Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: 'Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!' ⁴⁴And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women. ⁴⁵But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stately: Heb. honourable, Esther 1:6, Proverbs 7:16, Proverbs 7:17, Isaiah 57:7, Amos 2:8, Amos 6:4

a table: Ezekiel 44:16, Isaiah 65:11, Malachi 1:7

whereupon: Ezekiel 16:18, Ezekiel 16:19, Proverbs 7:17, Jeremiah 44:17, Hosea 2:8, Hosea 2:9

Reciprocal: Isaiah 57:8 - the doors Jeremiah 4:30 - Though Ezekiel 23:16 - and sent Ezekiel 41:22 - This is

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And satest upon a stately bed,.... Or honourable g, a bed of state: either a throne, a royal seat under a canopy, on which the king of Judah sat to receive foreign ambassadors; or a stately bed at a feast, made for the entertainment of them; it being usual in the eastern nations to sit on beds at eating, to which the next clause agrees. The allusion is to a harlot sitting on a bed decked out by her to allure men to lie with her; see Proverbs 7:16:

and a table prepared before it; before the bed, furnished with the richest provisions to treat the ambassadors with; or this may design an altar built for them to offer on it sacrifices to their idols, according to the customs of their countries:

whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil; which were the gifts of God to this people, and which they should have used in his service; but with these they treated the ministers of Heathen princes; scenting the room where they were entertained with incense, and anointing their heads and feet with oil, for their pleasure and refreshment; or they offered these on the altars of the idols to them.

g כבודה "honorato", Junius and Tremellius, Polanus, Coeccius, Starckius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The figure is that of a woman decked in all her beauty, sitting on a couch (not bed) at a banquet prepared for those whom she has invited. This further offence is not one of idolatry, but that of courting alliances with other powers which were not less readily made than broken.

Ezekiel 23:40

That ye have sent - Better, “they (i. e., Israel and Judah) sent.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 23:41. And satest upon a stately bed — Hast raised a stately altar to thy idols; probably alluding to that which Ahaz ordered to be made, after the similitude of that which he saw at Damascus. The bed here is in allusion to the sofas on which the ancients were accustomed to recline at their meals; or to the couches on which they place Asiatic brides, with incense pots and sweetmeats on a table before them.