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Myles Coverdale Bible

Ezekiel 23:2

Thou sonne of man, there were two wome, that had one mother:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Oholah;   Samaria, Samaritans;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Oholah and Oholibah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnez'zar,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Mother;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
King James Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
English Standard Version
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
New Century Version
"Human, a woman had two daughters.
Amplified Bible
"Son of man, there were two women (Israel and Judah), the daughters of one mother (the united kingdom);
World English Bible
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, listen to this story about two sisters.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being! There were two women, daughters of the same mother,
Darby Translation
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, listen to this story about Samaria and Jerusalem. There were two sisters, daughters of the same mother.
George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "there were once two sisters.
Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother,
Literal Translation
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
American Standard Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, there were two women the daughters of one mother.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:
English Revised Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, twei wymmen weren the douytris of o modir, and diden fornycacioun in Egipt;
Update Bible Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
New English Translation
"Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.
New King James Version
"Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.
New Living Translation
"Son of man, once there were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother.
New Life Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
New Revised Standard
Mortal, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man, Two women, daughters of one mother, there were;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
Young's Literal Translation
Two women were daughters of one mother,

Contextual Overview

1 The worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge: 2 Thou sonne of man, there were two wome, that had one mother: 3 These (when they were yonge) beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte. There were their brestes brussed, and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed. 4 The eldest of them was called Oola, and hir yongest sister Ooliba. These two were myne, and bare sonnes and doughters. Their names were, Samaria, and that was Oola: and Ierusalem, that was Ooliba. 5 As for Oola, she beganne to go a whorynge, when I had take her to me. She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians, 6 which had to do with her: euen the prynces and lordes, that were deckte in costly araye: fayre yonge men, lusty ryders of horses. 7 Thus thorow hir whordome, she cleued vnto all the yonge men off Assiria: Yee she was madde vpon them, and defyled herselff with all their Idols. 8 Nether ceassed she fro the fornicacio, that she vsed with the Egipcians: for in hir youth they laye wt her, they brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade, and poured their wordome vpon her. 9 Wherfore, I delyuered her in to ye hodes of hir louers, euen the Assirians, whom she so loued. 10 These discouered hir shame, toke hir sonnes and doughters, and slewe her with the swearde: An euell name gat she of all people, ad they punyshed her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two: Ezekiel 16:44, Ezekiel 16:46, Jeremiah 3:7-10

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:7 - sinned Isaiah 57:8 - thou lovedst Isaiah 59:12 - our transgressions Jeremiah 7:25 - the day Jeremiah 11:15 - seeing Jeremiah 13:27 - thine adulteries Hosea 12:14 - provoked

Cross-References

Genesis 13:18
So Abram remoued his tent, and wente and dwelt in ye Okegroue of Mamre, which is in Ebron, and buylded there an altare vnto the LORDE.
Genesis 23:14
Ephron answered Abraham, and sayde vnto him:
Genesis 23:15
Heare me my lorde: The felde is worth foure hundreth Sycles of syluer: but what is that betwixte me and the? Burye thy deed.
Genesis 23:16
Abraham herkened vnto Ephron, and weyed him the money which he had sayde, that the Hethites might heare: namely foure hundreth syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes.
Genesis 23:18
for Abrahams owne good, with all the trees of the felde also rounde aboute, in the sight of the Hethites, and of all that go out and in at the gates of his cite.
Genesis 23:19
Then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the dubble caue of the felde, that lyeth ouer before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the londe of Canaan.
Genesis 27:41
And Esau bare euell wyll vnto Iacob, because of the blessynge that his father had blessed him withall, and sayde in his herte: The tyme wyll come shortly, that my father shal mourne, for I wil slaye my brother Iacob.
Genesis 50:10
Now whan these came to the playne of Atad yt lyeth beyonde Iordane, they made there a very greate and bytter lamentacion, & he mourned for his father seue dayes.
Numbers 13:22
They wente vp also towarde the south, and came vnto Hebron, where Ahiman was, and Sesai and Thalmai, the children of Enack (Hebron was buylded seuen yeare before Zoan in Egipte.)
Numbers 20:29
And Moses & Eleasar came downe from the mount. And whan the whole congregacion sawe that Aaron was awaye, they mourned for him thirtie daies thorow out the whole house of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, there were two women,.... Or two nations and kingdoms, the kingdom of Israel or the ten tribes, and the kingdom of Judah or the two tribes. So the Targum,

"son of man, prophesy concerning two provinces, which are as two women:''

the daughters of one mother; either Sarah the wife of Abraham, from whom they sprung; or because they were originally one kingdom and nation; so they were when they came out of Egypt, and during the times of the judges, and in the reigns of David and Solomon; but became two in the days of Rehoboam the son of Solomon, from whom ten tribes revolted, and set up a separate kingdom, with Jeroboam at the head of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of one mother - Israel and Judah were branches of the same stock.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 23:2. Son of man, there were two women — All the Hebrews were derived from one source, Abraham and Sarah; and, till the schism under Rehoboam, formed but one people: but as these ten tribes and a half separated from Judah and Benjamin, they became two distinct people under different kings; called the kingdom of Judah, and the kingdom of Israel. They are called here, because of their consanguinity, two sisters. The elder, Samaria, (for there was the seat of government for the kingdom of Israel,) was called אהלה aholah, "a tent." The younger, Judah, was called אהליבה aholibah, "my tent is in her," because the temple of God was in Jerusalem, the seat of the government of the kingdom of Judah.


 
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