Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 concerning this woman worn out by adultery: Will they now have illicit sex with her, even her?
44 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.
45
But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses
Cross References
Ezekiel 23:3
who acted like prostitutes in Egypt,
Ezekiel 23:9-13
Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers,