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Updated Bible Version

Ezekiel 23:13

And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Oholibah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Oholah and Oholibah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aholah ;   Aholibah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnez'zar,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Attire;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.
Hebrew Names Version
I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
King James Version
Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
English Standard Version
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.
New American Standard Bible
"And I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.
New Century Version
I saw that both girls were alike; both were prostitutes.
Amplified Bible
"I saw that she had defiled herself; they both behaved the same way.
World English Bible
I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I sawe that she was defiled, and that they were both after one sort,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.
Berean Standard Bible
And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.
Contemporary English Version
Just like her sister, she did vulgar things.
Complete Jewish Bible
I saw that she had defiled herself; both sisters had gone down the same path.
Darby Translation
And I saw that she was defiled: both took one way.
Easy-to-Read Version
I saw that both women were going to ruin their lives with the same mistakes.
George Lamsa Translation
Then I saw that the ways of both of them were defiled.
Good News Translation
I saw that she was completely immoral, that the second sister was as bad as the first.
Lexham English Bible
And I saw that she was defiled; they had both taken the same path!
Literal Translation
Then I saw that she was defiled, one way was to both of them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then I sawe, that they both were defyled a like.
American Standard Version
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
Bible in Basic English
And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
King James Version (1611)
Then I saw that she was defiled, that they tooke both one way;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then I sawe that she was defiled, and they toke both one way.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I saw that they were defiled, that the two had one way.
English Revised Version
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y siy that o weie of both sistris was defoulid,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I saw that she was defiled, [that] they [took] both one way.
New English Translation
I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.
New King James Version
Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way.
New Living Translation
I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.
New Life Bible
And I saw that she was sinful. Both sisters went the same way.
New Revised Standard
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I saw that she defiled herself, - One way, had they both.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I saw that she was defiled, and that they both took one way.
Revised Standard Version
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.
Young's Literal Translation
And I see that she hath been defiled, One way [is] to them both.

Contextual Overview

11 And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her prostitutions which were more than the prostitutions of her sister. 12 She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and rulers, [her] neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. 13 And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way. 14 And she increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, 15 girded with girdles on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them princes to look at, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity. 16 And as soon as she saw them she lusted after them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea. 17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them. 18 So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like my soul was alienated from her sister. 19 Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had prostituted in the land of Egypt. 20 And she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that they: Ezekiel 23:31, 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 17:19, Hosea 12:1, Hosea 12:2

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 23:40 - ye have 2 Peter 2:21 - to turn

Cross-References

Genesis 23:5
And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying,
Genesis 23:8
And he communed with them, saying, If it is your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
2 Samuel 24:24
And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will truly buy it of you at a price. Neither will I offer burnt-offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Acts 20:35
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Romans 13:8
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward those that are outside, redeeming the time.
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money; content with such things as you have: for he himself has said, I will never fail you, neither will I ever forsake you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I saw that she was defiled,.... With idols, and the worship of them, Ezekiel 23:7:

that they took both one way; the same way of idolatry; worshipped the same idols, lived the same course of life, were guilty of the same sin, both Israel and Judah.


 
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