Ezekiel 23:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.”
Ezekiel 23:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 23:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 23:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution. She was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.”
Ezekiel 23:17 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 23:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them. ”
Ezekiel 23:17 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 23:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And come in unto her do sons of Babylon, To the bed of loves, And they defile her with their whoredoms, And she is defiled with them, And her soul is alienated from them.”
Ezekiel 23:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 23:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their fornication; she too defiled herself with them, and her soul was alienated from them. ”
Ezekiel 23:17 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 23:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe when the Babylonians came to her into the bed of loue, they defiled her with their fornication, and she was polluted with them, and her lust departed from them.”
Ezekiel 23:17 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 23:17 in Context — Ezekiel 23
15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
What Does Ezekiel 23:17 Mean?
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