Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
Holman Bible
Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those obscene women.
International Standard Version
They've gone to her, like men do, to have sex with a prostitute. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those licentious women.
A Conservative Version
And they went in to her, as they go in to a harlot. So they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
American Standard Version
And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.
Amplified
But they committed adultery with her as they would with a prostitute. So they went in to Oholah (Israel) and to Oholibah (Judah), the lewd women.
Darby Translation
And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a whorish woman: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah the lewd women.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will go in to her as going in to a woman an harlot; thus they went in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the women of wickedness.
King James 2000
Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that plays the harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [so] they went to her like going to a female prostitute; and thus they went to Oholah and to Oholibah, the women of obscene conduct.
Modern King James verseion
And they went in to her, as they go in to a woman of harlotry; so they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the wicked women.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they went into her, as unto a common harlot: Even so went they also to Oholah and Oholibah those filthy women.
NET Bible
They had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.
New Heart English Bible
They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet came they in unto her, as men go in unto a woman that is a harlot, - So, came they in unto Oholah, and unto Oholibah - the lewd women!
Webster
Yet they went in to her, as they go in to a woman that playeth the harlot: so they went in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the lewd women.
World English Bible
They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they come in unto her, As the coming in unto a whorish woman, So they have come in unto Aholah, And unto Aholibah -- the wicked women.
Themes
Aholah » Name of an imaginary woman, typical of idolatry
Aholibah » An imaginary character, typical of idolatry
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 23:44
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Judgment On Both Sisters
43 Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways. 44 And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman. 45 And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.
Cross References
Ezekiel 23:3
They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.
Ezekiel 23:9-13
For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.