Ezekiel 16:16

“And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Ezekiel 16:16

And of thy garments thou diddest take, and deckedst thy high places with diuers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: `the like things' shall not come, neither shall it be `so'.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.
- Basic English Bible

You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And of thy garments thou didst take, and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot thereupon: [the like] hath not come to pass, and shall be no more.
- Darby Bible

And taking of thy garments thou hast made thee high places sewed together on each side: and hast played the harlot upon them, as hath not been done before, nor shall be hereafter.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colours, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
- English Revised Version

You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so].
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Ezekiel 16:16

Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 16:16


16:16 Thy garments - Those costly, royal robes, the very wedding clothes. High places - Where the idol was. With divers colours - With those beautiful clothes I put upon thee. The like things - As there was none before her that had done thus, so shall there be none to follow her in these things.


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