Ezekiel 23:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.”

Ezekiel 23:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 23:21 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 23:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the caressing of your nipples by the Egyptians because of your youthful breasts.”

Ezekiel 23:21 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 23:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of thy youth. ”

Ezekiel 23:21 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 23:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth.”

Ezekiel 23:21 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 23:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And thou didst look back to the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy teats by the Egyptians, for the breasts of thy youth. ”

Ezekiel 23:21 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 23:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thou calledst to remembrance the wickednes of thy youth, when thy teates were bruised by ye Egyptians: therefore ye paps of thy youth are thus.”

Ezekiel 23:21 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 23:21 in Context — Ezekiel 23

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.

20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

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What Does Ezekiel 23:21 Mean?

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