Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
and she lusted after them, to the sight of her eyes, and sent messengers to them into 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 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.
NET Bible
When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
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 girded with girdles on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like rulers, like the sons of Babylon in Chaldea, the land of their birth; 16 and she lusted after them, to the sight of her eyes, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea. 17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with fornications. And she was defiled with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
Phrases
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:29
And your whoredom is idolatry in the land of Canaan, to the Chaldean, and yet you were not satisfied with this.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of its fruit, and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.
Genesis 39:7
And after these things it happened that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph. And she said, Lie with me.
2 Samuel 11:2
And it happened one evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing. And the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2 Kings 24:1
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
Job 31:1
I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?
Psalm 119:37
Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.
Proverbs 6:25
Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; nor let her take you with her eyelids.
Proverbs 23:33
Your eyes shall look upon strange women and your heart shall speak perverse things.
Ezekiel 16:17
And you have taken beautiful things of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made images of males, and fornicated with them.
Ezekiel 23:40-41
And they have even sent for men to come from far, to whom a messenger was sent. And lo, they came. You washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments,
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children