Ezekiel 16:56

The NET Bible®

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

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 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 "‘Observe—everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: "Like mother, like daughter." ⁴⁵ You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. ⁴⁶ Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south of you, was Sodom with her daughters. ⁴⁷ Have you not copied their behavior and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were! ⁴⁸ As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord , your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved. ⁴⁹ "‘See here—this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy. ⁵⁰ They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them. ⁵¹ Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done. ⁵² So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous. ⁵³ "‘I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters (along with your fortunes among 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.