Ezekiel 16:56

JPS Old Testament

For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Didn’t you treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn when you were proud,

Hebrew Names Version
For your sister Sedom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,

King James Version
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

English Standard Version
Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,

New American Standard Bible
"As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride,

New Century Version
You humiliated your sister Sodom when you were proud,

Amplified Bible
"For [the name of] your sister Sodom was not mentioned by you [except as a byword] in the day of your pride [when David ruled],

World English Bible
For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For thy sister Sodom was not heard of by thy report in the day of thy pride,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride,

Legacy Standard Bible
As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard in your mouth in your day of lofty pride,

Berean Standard Bible
Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride,

Contemporary English Version
Jerusalem, you were so arrogant that you sneered at Sodom.

Complete Jewish Bible
When you were so proud, you spoke with contempt about your sister S'dom,

Darby Translation
Yea, Sodom thy sister was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

Easy-to-Read Version
"In the past, you were proud and made fun of your sister Sodom. But you will not do that again.

George Lamsa Translation
For your sister Sodom was not a proverb in your mouth in the day of your pride,

Good News Translation
Didn't you joke about Sodom in those days when you were proud

Lexham English Bible
And was not Sodom, your sister, a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride

Literal Translation
For your sister Sodom was not to be heard from your mouth in the day of your pride,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whe thou wast in thy pryde,

American Standard Version
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

Bible in Basic English
Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride,

King James Version (1611)
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For thy sister Sodom was not heard of by thy report in the day of thy pryde,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And surely thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the days of thy pride:

English Revised Version
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Sodom, thi sister, was not herd in thi mouth, in the dai of thi pride,

Update Bible Version
For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,

Webster's Bible Translation
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

New English Translation
In your days of majesty, was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth,

New King James Version
For your sister Sodom was not a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride,

New Living Translation
In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt.

New Life Bible
You did not speak against your sister Sodom in the days of your pride,

New Revised Standard
Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Sodom thy sister was never heard in thy mouth, - In the day of thy pride:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sodom thy sister was not heard of in thy mouth, in the day of thy pride,

Revised Standard Version
Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,

Young's Literal Translation
And thy sister Sodom hath not been for a report in thy mouth, In the day of thine arrogancy,

Contextual Overview

⁴⁴ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying: As the mother, so her daughter. ⁴⁵ Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children; your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite. ⁴⁶ And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. ⁴⁷ Yet hast thou not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but in a very little while thou didst deal more corruptly than they in all thy ways. ⁴⁸ As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. ⁴⁹ Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. ⁵⁰ And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it. ⁵¹ Neither hath Samaria committed even half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done. ⁵² Thou also, bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou; yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. ⁵³ And I will turn their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was not: Isaiah 65:5, Zephaniah 3:11, Luke 15:28-30, Luke 18:11

mentioned: Heb. for a report, or a hearing

pride: Heb. prides, or excellencies.

Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 8:8 - a little Jeremiah 13:9 - the pride Ezekiel 16:52 - which hast Daniel 4:37 - those that walk 1 Timothy 6:17 - that they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth,.... Or, "was not for a hearing", or "a report, in thy mouth" g; the destruction of Sodom, though it was such an awful judgment of God, so flagrant and notorious, was visible and just at hand; yet it was not taken notice of, nor talked of; it was not the subject of conversation among friends; it was not reported from father to son, or heard of the one by the other; it was not regarded, nor was warning taken by it, which might have been, had it been more frequently mentioned; but they did not care, or neglected to speak of it; though it was "an ensample to those that should after live ungodly", 2 Peter 2:6; yet it was not for instruction to them, as the Targum paraphrases it; they learned nothing by it; or Sodom was so infamous for sin and punishment, that they scorned to make mention of its name; and yet they were as great Or greater sinners, and deserving of sorer punishment:

in the day of thy pride; or "prides", or "excellencies" h; in the time of their prosperity, in the days of David and Solomon, and other kings of Judah. Prosperity is apt to make men proud, and to lift them above themselves; and to forget what they have been, and what they may be; and to neglect observing the judgments of God on others, and to take warning by them.

g לשמועה בפיך "in auditu in ore tuo", Pagninus, Montanus; "in auditum", Vatablus. h ביום גאוניך "in die superbiarum tuarum", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin; "in die excellentiarum tuarum", Piscator; "in die erectionum tuarum", Cocceius, Starckius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Was not mentioned by thy mouth - Was held in utter contempt.