Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"She became even more sexually immoral when she saw the images of the Chaldean men who had been carved in red on their walls.

New American Standard Bible

So she increased her harlotries. And she saw men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

King James Version

And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

Holman Bible

But she increased her promiscuity when she saw male figures carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,

A Conservative Version

And she increased her whoredoms, for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

American Standard Version

And she increased her whoredoms; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

Amplified

But Oholibah carried her depravity further, for she saw men pictured on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) sketched and portrayed in vermilion (bright red pigment),

Bible in Basic English

And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red

Darby Translation

And she increased her fornications; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

Julia Smith Translation

And she will add to her fornications: and she will see men delineated. upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans being delineated with red color.

King James 2000

And that she increased her harlotries: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

Lexham Expanded Bible

And she increased her whorings, and she saw men carved on the wall, images of Chaldeans carved in red

Modern King James verseion

And she added to her fornications. And she saw men carved on the wall; images of the Chaldeans engraved with vermilion,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But she increased still in whoredom: for when she saw men painted upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans set forth with fresh colors,

NET Bible

But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

New Heart English Bible

She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

The Emphasized Bible

Yet did she add, unto her unchaste doings, when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, likenesses of Chaldeans, Portrayed with vermilion:

Webster

And that she increased her prostitutions: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion.

World English Bible

She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

Youngs Literal Translation

And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יסף 
Yacaph 
Usage: 208

תּזנת תּזנוּת 
Taznuwth 
Usage: 20

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

men
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

חקה 
Chaqah 
חקק 
Chaqaq 
Usage: 4
Usage: 19

upon the wall
קירה קר קיר 
Qiyr 
Usage: 74

the images
צלם 
Tselem 
Usage: 17

of the Chaldeans
כּשׂדּימה כּשׂדּי 
Kasdiy 
Usage: 81

Context Readings

Oholah And Oholibah As Symbols Of God's Corrupt People

13 I saw that she was defiled, because the two of them both were on the same path. 14 "She became even more sexually immoral when she saw the images of the Chaldean men who had been carved in red on their walls. 15 Girded with waistbands around their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looked like chariot officers, similar to the Babylonians from Chaldea, where they had been born.


Cross References

Ezekiel 8:10

So I entered, looked around, and there was every form of crawling thing, loathsome animals, and all kinds of idols from the house of Israel carved all around the wall.

Jeremiah 22:14

How terrible for him who says, "I'll build a large house for myself with spacious upper rooms, who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it red.'

Isaiah 46:1

"Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low. Their idols are on beasts, on livestock. Your loads are more burdensome than their reports.

Jeremiah 50:2

"Declare and proclaim among the nations. Lift up a banner and proclaim. Don't conceal anything. Say, "Babylon will be captured. Bel will be disgraced, and Marduk will be destroyed. Her idols will be disgraced, and her filthy images will be destroyed.'

Ezekiel 16:29

You committed even more immorality with that land of the merchants, the Chaldeans. But you weren't satisfied even with these!

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