Parallel Verses
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 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.
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 with fair girdles about them, and goodly bonnets upon their heads, looking all like princes after the manner of the Babylonians and Chaldeans in their own land, where they be born, 16 immediately, as soon as she saw them, she burnt in love upon them, and sent messengers for them into the land of the Chaldeans. 17 Now when the Babylonians came to her, they lay with her, and defiled her with their whoredom, and so was she polluted with them. And when her lust was abated from them,
Phrases
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:29
Thus hast thou still committed thy fornication from the land of Canaan unto the Chaldeans, and yet thy lust not satisfied.
Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a wife lusting after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Genesis 3:6
And the woman saw that it was a good tree to eat of, and lusty unto the eyes, and a pleasant tree for to make wise. And took of the fruit of it and ate, and gave unto her husband also with her, and he ate.
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took unto them wives, which they best liked among them all.
Genesis 39:7
And it fortuned, after this, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Come lie with me."
2 Samuel 11:2
And it chanced in an evening that David arose from his couch and walked upon the roof of the king's palace; and from the roof saw a very beautiful woman washing herself. And he sent to enquire what woman it should be.
2 Kings 24:1
In his days came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years, and then turned and rebelled against him.
Job 31:1
I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I would not look upon a damsel.
Psalm 119:37
O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Proverbs 6:25
that thou lust not after her beauty in thine heart, and lest thou be taken with her fair looks.
Proverbs 23:33
So shall thine eyes look unto strange women, and thine heart shall muse upon froward things.
Ezekiel 16:17
The goodly ornaments and Jewels which I gave thee of mine own gold and silver, hast thou taken, and made thee men's images thereof, and committed whoredom withal.
Ezekiel 23:40-41
Beside all this, thou hast sent thy messengers for men out of far countries: and when they came, thou hast bathed, trimmed and set forth thyself of the best fashion.
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease to sin, beguiling unstable souls. Hearts they have exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children,