Ezekiel 16:56

THE MESSAGE

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,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy 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"‘Everyone who likes to use proverbs will use this one: "Like mother, like daughter." You're the daughter of your mother, who couldn't stand her husband and children. And you're a true sister of your sisters, who couldn't stand their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. ⁴⁶"‘Your older sister is Samaria. She lived to the north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister is Sodom, who lived to the south of you with her daughters. Haven't you lived just like they did? Haven't you engaged in outrageous obscenities just like they did? In fact, it didn't take you long to catch up and pass them! As sure as I am the living God!—Decree of God , the Master—your sister Sodom and her daughters never even came close to what you and your daughters have done. ⁴⁹"‘The sin of your sister Sodom was this: She lived with her daughters in the lap of luxury—proud, gluttonous, and lazy. They ignored the oppressed and the poor. They put on airs and lived obscene lives. And you know what happened: I did away with them. ⁵¹"‘And Samaria. Samaria didn't sin half as much as you. You've committed far more obscenities than she ever did. Why, you make your two sisters look good in comparison with what you've done! Face it, your sisters look mighty good compared with you. Because you've outsinned them so completely, you've actually made them look righteous. Aren't you ashamed? But you're going to have to live with it. What a reputation to carry into history: outsinning your two sisters! ⁵³"‘But I'm going to reverse their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters. And—get this—your fortunes right along with them! Still, you're going to have to live with your shame. And by facing and accepting your shame, you're going to provide some comfort to your two sisters. Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will become what they were before, and you will become what you were before. Remember the days when you were putting on airs, acting so high and mighty, looking down on sister Sodom? That was before your evil ways were exposed. And now you're the butt of contempt, despised by the Edomite women, the Philistine women, and everybody else around. But you have to face it, to accept the shame of your obscene and vile life. Decree of God , the Master. ⁵⁹"‘ God , the Master, says, I'll do to you just as you have already done, you who have treated my oath with contempt and broken the covenant. All the same, I'll remember the covenant I made with you when you were young and I'll make a new covenant with you that will last forever. You'll remember your sorry past and be properly contrite when you receive back your sisters, both the older and the younger. I'll give them to you as daughters, but not as participants in your covenant. I'll firmly establish my covenant with you and you'll know that I am God . You'll remember your past life and face the shame of it, but when I make atonement for you, make everything right after all you've done, it will leave you speechless.'" Decree of God , the Master.

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.