Parallel Verses
NET Bible
When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Holman Bible
At the sight of them
International Standard Version
"She lusted after them when she saw them, so she sent messengers to summon them from Chaldea.
A Conservative Version
And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
American Standard Version
And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Amplified
When she saw [the sketches of] them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
Bible in Basic English
And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.
Darby Translation
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will desire after them at the sight of her eyes, and she will send messengers to them to Chaldea.
King James 2000
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she lusted for them {when her eyes saw them}, and she sent messengers to them [at] Chaldea.
Modern King James verseion
and she lusted after them, to the sight of her eyes, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
immediately, as soon as she saw them, she burnt in love upon them, and sent messengers for them into the land of the Chaldeans.
New Heart English Bible
As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
The Emphasized Bible
Then lusted she after them, as soon as her eyes beheld them, - And she sent messengers unto them to Chaldea.
Webster
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
World English Bible
As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
Youngs Literal Translation
And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 23:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oholah And Oholibah As Symbols Of God's Corrupt People
15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea. 16 When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. 17 The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.
Phrases
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:29
Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.
Genesis 39:7
Soon after these things, his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Have sex with me."
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
2 Kings 24:1
During Jehoiakim's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.
Job 31:1
"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?
Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
Proverbs 6:25
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
Proverbs 23:33
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
Ezekiel 16:17
You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them.
Ezekiel 23:40-41
"They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.
2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!