Ezekiel 16:11

THE MESSAGE

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.

Good News Translation
I put jewels on you—bracelets and necklaces.

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"‘And then I came by. I saw you all miserable and bloody. Yes, I said to you, lying there helpless and filthy, "Live! Grow up like a plant in the field!" And you did. You grew up. You grew tall and matured as a woman, full-breasted, with flowing hair. But you were naked and vulnerable, fragile and exposed. ⁸"‘I came by again and saw you, saw that you were ready for love and a lover. I took care of you, dressed you and protected you. I promised you my love and entered the covenant of marriage with you. I, God , the Master, gave my word. You became mine. I gave you a good bath, washing off all that old blood, and anointed you with aromatic oils. I dressed you in a colorful gown and put leather sandals on your feet. I gave you linen blouses and a fashionable wardrobe of expensive clothing. I adorned you with jewelry: I placed bracelets on your wrists, fitted you out with a necklace, emerald rings, sapphire earrings, and a diamond tiara. You were provided with everything precious and beautiful: with exquisite clothes and elegant food, garnished with honey and oil. You were absolutely stunning. You were a queen! You became world-famous, a legendary beauty brought to perfection by my adornments. Decree of God , the Master.

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, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.

Exodus 3:7
God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:9
"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."

1 Samuel 1:20
Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, "I asked God for him."

Luke 1:13
But the angel reassured him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer has been heard. Elizabeth, your wife, will bear a son by you. You are to name him John. You're going to leap like a gazelle for joy, and not only you—many will delight in his birth. He'll achieve great stature with God. "He'll drink neither wine nor beer. He'll be filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment he leaves his mother's womb. He will turn many sons and daughters of Israel back to their God. He will herald God's arrival in the style and strength of Elijah, soften the hearts of parents to children, and kindle devout understanding among hardened skeptics—he'll get the people ready for God." Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman." But the angel said, "I am Gabriel, the sentinel of God, sent especially to bring you this glad news. But because you won't believe me, you'll be unable to say a word until the day of your son's birth. Every word I've spoken to you will come true on time—God's time." Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary. When he came out and couldn't speak, they knew he had seen a vision. He continued speechless and had to use sign language with the people. When the course of his priestly assignment was completed, he went back home. It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived. She went off by herself for five months, relishing her pregnancy. "So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said. In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. He will be great, be called ‘Son of the Highest.' The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David; He will rule Jacob's house forever— no end, ever, to his kingdom." Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man." The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God. "And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed! And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me? The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy. Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true! And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news; I'm dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home. When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." "But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this." Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free. He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant, Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets: Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand; Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do, What he swore to our father Abraham— a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. And you, my child, "Prophet of the Highest," will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways, Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins. Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace. The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.

Luke 1:63
Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!

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.