Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
So she lusted after their courtiers,- Whose flesh was the flesh of asses, and Whose issue was the issue of horses.
New American Standard Bible
She
King James Version
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Holman Bible
and lusted after their lovers, whose sexual members were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.
International Standard Version
She lusted after her paramours, whose genitals are like those of donkeys, and whose emissions are like those of horses.
A Conservative Version
And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
American Standard Version
And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Amplified
For she lusted after her lovers [there], whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Bible in Basic English
And she was full of desire for her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose seed is like the seed of horses.
Darby Translation
and she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is as the issue of horses.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will desire after their paramours, whom the flesh of asses their flesh, and the flowing of horses their flowing.
King James 2000
For she doted upon her paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she lusted after her male lovers whose genitalia [were the] genitalia of male donkeys and [their] seminal emission [was the] seminal emission of horses.
Modern King James verseion
And she lusted on her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
She burnt in lust upon them, whose flesh was like the flesh of Asses, and their seed like the seed of horses.
NET Bible
She lusted after their genitals -- as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.
New Heart English Bible
She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Webster
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
World English Bible
She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Youngs Literal Translation
And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh is the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses -- their issue.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 23:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oholah And Oholibah As Symbols Of God's Corrupt People
19 Yea she multiplied her unchaste desires,-calling to mind the days of her youth, when she was unchaste in the land of Egypt; - 20 So she lusted after their courtiers,- Whose flesh was the flesh of asses, and Whose issue was the issue of horses. 21 Yea thou didst look about for the lewdness of thy youth,- When were pressed by the Egyptians. thy bosoms, When they handled thy youthful breasts.
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:26
Then didst thou extend thine unchaste acts unto the sons of Egypt - thy neighbour great of flesh,- And caused thine unchaste ways to abound provoking me to anger.
Ezekiel 17:15
But he hath rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt, that there should be given to him horses, and much people. Shall he thrive? Shall he escape that doeth these things? Shall he break a covenant and escape?
Jeremiah 5:8
Lusty, well-fed horses, had they become, Every man unto his neighbours wife, would neigh!
Ezekiel 16:20
And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, Whom thou hadst borne unto me, And didst sacrifice them unto them to be devoured,- Is this of thine unchastity. a light thing?