Ezekiel 16:50

Easy-to-Read Version

Sodom and her daughters became too proud and began to do terrible things in front of me. So I punished them!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They were haughty and did detestable acts before me, so I removed them when I saw this.

Hebrew Names Version
They were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].

King James Version
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

English Standard Version
They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.

New American Standard Bible
"So they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.

New Century Version
So Sodom and her daughters were proud and did things I hate in front of me. So I got rid of them when I saw what they did.

Amplified Bible
"They were haughty and committed repulsive acts before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.

World English Bible
They were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].

Geneva Bible (1587)
But they were hautie, and committed abomination before mee: therefore I tooke them away, as pleased me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. So I removed them when I saw it.

Berean Standard Bible
Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me, and when I saw this, I removed them.

Contemporary English Version
They thought they were better than everyone else, and they did things I hate. And so I destroyed them.

Complete Jewish Bible
They were arrogant and committed disgusting acts before me; so that when I saw it, I swept them away.

Darby Translation
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me, and I took them away when I saw [it].

George Lamsa Translation
And they were haughty and committed evil before me; therefore when I saw these things in them I overthrew them.

Good News Translation
They were proud and stubborn and did the things that I hate, so I destroyed them, as you well know.

Lexham English Bible
And they were proud, and they did a detestable thing before me, and I removed them because I saw it.

Literal Translation
Also, they were haughty and did abomination before My face, so I turned them away as I saw fit .

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but were proude, and dyd abhominable thinges before me: therfore I toke them awaye, when I had sene it.

American Standard Version
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

Bible in Basic English
They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.

King James Version (1611)
And they were hautie, and committed abomination before me: therefore I tooke them away, as I saw good.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But they were hautie, and committed abhomination before me, therefore I toke them away as I sawe good.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they boasted, and wrought iniquities before me: so I cut them off as I saw fit.

English Revised Version
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei weren enhaunsid, and diden other abhominaciouns bifore me; and Y took hem awei, as thou hast seyn.

Update Bible Version
And then they were lifted up, and then did disgusting things before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [this].

Webster's Bible Translation
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].

New English Translation
They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.

New King James Version
And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit. [fn]

New Living Translation
She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.

New Life Bible
They were proud and did hated sins in front of Me. So I took them away when I saw it.

New Revised Standard
They were haughty, and did abominable things before me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then they became haughty, and committed abomination before me,- And I took them away. when I saw it ,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me: and I took them away as thou hast seen.

Revised Standard Version
They were haughty, and did abominable things before me; therefore I removed them, when I saw it.

Young's Literal Translation
And they are haughty and do abomination before Me, And I turn them aside when I have seen.

Contextual Overview

⁴⁴ "All the people who talk about you will now have one more thing to say. They will say, ‘Like mother, like daughter.' ⁴⁵ You are your mother's daughter. You don't care about your husband or your children. You are like your sister. Both of you hated your husband and your children. You are like your parents. Your mother was a Hittite and your father was an Amorite. ⁴⁶ Your older sister was Samaria. She lived to the north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister was Sodom. She lived to the south of you with her daughters. ⁴⁷ You did all the terrible things they did, but you also did much worse! ⁴⁸ I am the Lord God . As I live, I swear that your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as many bad things as you and your daughters. ⁴⁹ "Your sister Sodom and her daughters were proud. They had too much to eat and too much time on their hands, and they did not help poor, helpless people. ⁵⁰ Sodom and her daughters became too proud and began to do terrible things in front of me. So I punished them! ⁵¹ "And Samaria did only half as many bad things as you did. You did many more terrible things than Samaria! You have done so many more terrible things than your sisters have done. Sodom and Samaria seem good compared to you. ⁵² So you must bear your shame. You have made your sisters look good compared to you. You have done terrible things, so you should be ashamed. ⁵³ "I destroyed Sodom and the towns around it, and I destroyed Samaria and the towns around it. And I will destroy you too, Jerusalem. But I will build those cities again, and I will rebuild you too.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and committed: Genesis 13:13, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 19:5, Leviticus 18:22, Deuteronomy 23:17, 2 Kings 23:7, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27, Jude 1:7

therefore: Genesis 19:24, Deuteronomy 29:23, Job 18:15, Isaiah 13:19, Jeremiah 20:16, Jeremiah 49:18, Jeremiah 50:40, Lamentations 4:6, Amos 4:11, Zephaniah 2:9, 2 Peter 2:6, Revelation 18:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:27 - to the Leviticus 18:27 - General Proverbs 30:9 - I be full Isaiah 3:16 - are haughty Jeremiah 5:7 - I had fed Jeremiah 13:9 - the pride Jeremiah 48:11 - emptied Matthew 24:38 - they Luke 17:28 - General Romans 2:12 - For 1 Timothy 6:17 - that they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they were haughty,.... Sodom and her daughters, the inhabitants of that place, and the cities adjacent; they lifted up themselves above God and man; they were above regarding the poor and needy; and were elated and swelled with their plenty and prosperity, and behaved very insolently, both to fellow citizens and strangers; see

Genesis 19:4;

and committed abomination before me; perhaps referring to that sin, which has its name from them; a sin abominable to God, and scandalous to human nature; and which they committed openly and publicly, neither fearing God, nor regarding men; and are said to be sinners before the Lord, Genesis 13:13;

therefore I took them away as I saw [good]; both as to time and manner, as he in his sovereignty thought most fit and proper, by raining fire and brimstone on them, and setting them forth as an example of the vengeance of eternal fire: or, "when I saw" c; their sin and wickedness, as soon as he saw it; see Genesis 18:20. The Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it, "as thou sawest", or "hast seen"; appealing to the Jews themselves, who were very well acquainted with the fact; for the destruction of Sodom was notorious and flagrant.

c כאשר ראיתי "cum vidi", Cocceius; so some in Vatablus; "postea quam", Tigurine version, Piscator, Starckius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As I saw good - Or, “as soon as I saw it.” Omit “good.” God saw and punished. Compare Genesis 18:21.