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Good News Translation

Ezekiel 16:11

I put jewels on you—bracelets and necklaces.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bracelet;   Bride;   Bridegroom;   God Continued...;   Jewels;   Linen;   Thompson Chain Reference - Adorning;   Chains;   Ornaments;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ingratitude to God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ashtoreth, Plural Ash'taroth;   Fornication;   Harlot;   Solomon's Song;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ornaments;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chain;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jebus;   Ornament;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bracelet;   Bride;   Ezekiel;   Jewels, Jewelry;   Necklace;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Neck;   Ornaments;   Song of Songs;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amorites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Chains;   Kedar;   Naked;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon the song of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Chain;   Zedeki'ah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bracelet;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bracelet;   Chain;   Hand;   Neck;   Necklace;   Ornament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bracelets;   Chains;   Ornament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.
Hebrew Names Version
I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.
King James Version
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
English Standard Version
And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.
New American Standard Bible
"I adorned you with jewelry, put bracelets on your wrists, and a necklace around your neck.
New Century Version
I put jewelry on you: bracelets on your arms, a necklace around your neck,
Amplified Bible
"I adorned you with ornaments and I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.
World English Bible
I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets vpon thine handes, and a chaine on thy necke.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.
Legacy Standard Bible
I also adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.
Berean Standard Bible
I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
Contemporary English Version
I gave you bracelets, a necklace,
Complete Jewish Bible
I gave you jewelry to wear, bracelets for your hands, a necklace for your neck,
Darby Translation
And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck;
Easy-to-Read Version
I also gave you some jewelry. I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck.
George Lamsa Translation
I decked you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace on your neck.
Lexham English Bible
And I adorned you with ornaments, and I put a bracelet on your arms and a necklace on your neck.
Literal Translation
And I adorned you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands and a chain on your neck.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I decked the wt costly apparell, I put rynges vpon thy fyngers: a chayne aboute thy necke,
American Standard Version
And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Bible in Basic English
And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
King James Version (1611)
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets vpon thine hands, and a chaine on thy necke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I decked thee with costly apparell, I put braselets vpon thy hands, a chayne about thy necke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets on thine hands, and a necklace on thy neck.
English Revised Version
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y clothide thee with sutil thingis, and Y ournede thee with ournement.
Update Bible Version
And I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.
Webster's Bible Translation
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
New English Translation
I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.
New King James Version
I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck.
New Living Translation
I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, beautiful necklaces,
New Life Bible
I put on you objects of beauty. I put beautiful objects on your arms and around your neck.
New Revised Standard
I adorned you with ornaments: I put bracelets on your arms, a chain on your neck,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then decked I thee with ornaments, And put bracelets upon thy hands, And a neckchain upon thy throat;
Douay-Rheims Bible
I decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets on thy hands, and a chain about thy neck.
Revised Standard Version
And I decked you with ornaments, and put bracelets on your arms, and a chain on your neck.
Young's Literal Translation
And I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck.

Contextual Overview

6 "Then I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with blood, but I wouldn't let you die. 7 I made you grow like a healthy plant. You grew strong and tall and became a young woman. Your breasts were well-formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked. 8 "As I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a marriage covenant with you, and you became mine." This is what the Sovereign Lord says. 9 "Then I took water and washed the blood off you. I rubbed olive oil on your skin. 10 I dressed you in embroidered gowns and gave you shoes of the best leather, a linen headband, and a silk cloak. 11 I put jewels on you—bracelets and necklaces. 12 I gave you a nose ring and earrings and a beautiful crown to wear. 13 You had ornaments of gold and silver, and you always wore clothes of embroidered linen and silk. You ate bread made from the best flour, and had honey and olive oil to eat. Your beauty was dazzling, and you became a queen. 14 You became famous in every nation for your perfect beauty, because I was the one who made you so lovely." This is what the Sovereign Lord says.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I put: Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:47, Genesis 24:53

and a: Leviticus 8:9, Esther 2:17, Isaiah 28:5, Lamentations 5:16, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 4:4, Revelation 4:10

a chain: Genesis 41:42, Proverbs 1:9, Proverbs 4:9, Song of Solomon 1:10, Song of Solomon 4:9, Isaiah 3:19, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, Daniel 5:29,

forehead: Heb. nose, Genesis 24:22, *marg. Isaiah 3:21,

ear-rings: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 32:2, Exodus 35:22, Numbers 31:50, Judges 8:24, Job 42:11, Proverbs 25:12, Hosea 2:13

Reciprocal: Psalms 73:6 - as a chain Ezekiel 23:42 - bracelets

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
But God said, "No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son and you will name him Isaac. I will keep my covenant with him and with his descendants forever. It is an everlasting covenant.
Exodus 3:7
Then the Lord said, "I have seen how cruelly my people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings,
Exodus 3:9
I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I see how the Egyptians are oppressing them.
1 Samuel 1:20
So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, "I asked the Lord for him."
Job 38:41
Who is it that feeds the ravens when they wander about hungry, when their young cry to me for food?
Psalms 22:24
He does not neglect the poor or ignore their suffering; he does not turn away from them, but answers when they call for help."
Isaiah 7:14
Well then, the Lord himself will give you a sign: a young woman who is pregnant will have a son and will name him ‘Immanuel.'
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You are to name him John.
Luke 1:31
You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
Luke 1:63
Zechariah asked for a writing pad and wrote, "His name is John." How surprised they all were!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I decked thee also with ornaments,.... The Targum interprets this of the ornament of the words of the law; see Proverbs 1:8; but may be as well understood of good works done in obedience to them, from a right principle, and to right ends; which adorn professors of religion, their profession, and the doctrines of Christ, which they profess, 1 Timothy 2:9; or rather the graces of the Spirit, which are all of them very ornamental to the saints, as faith, hope, love, humility, c. and are in the sight of God of great price, 1 Peter 3:3

and I put bracelets upon thine hands; which the Targum also explains of the law, written on two tables of stone, and given by the hands of Moses; the words of which, as Jarchi says, were put one against another, five against five; "hands" being the instruments of action may denote good works, which the Lord enables his people to perform; and which appear beautiful, as hands with bracelets on them, when they spring from love, are done in faith, and with a view to the glory of God:

and a chain on thy neck; this the Targum understands of sanctification, paraphrasing it,

"and with the holiness of my great name I sanctified you;''

and may be applied to the graces of the Spirit, which are as a chain, whose links are inseparably joined together; for, where one grace is, there are all the rest, faith, hope, charity, c. see Song of Solomon 1:10 or else to the blessings of grace, which also are linked together, and cannot be parted; where the one is, the other are likewise, Ephesians 1:3 Romans 8:30; and both graces and blessings make the saint very beautiful.


 
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