Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Thus they were defiled with their works, and played the harlot in their doings.

New American Standard Bible

Thus they became unclean in their practices,
And played the harlot in their deeds.

King James Version

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

Holman Bible

They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

International Standard Version

Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

American Standard Version

Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

Amplified


In this way they became unclean in their practices;
They played the prostitute in their own deeds [by giving their worship, which belongs to God alone, to other “gods”].

Bible in Basic English

So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.

Darby Translation

And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will be defiled with their works: and they will commit fornication in their doings.

King James 2000

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own deeds.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they became unclean by their works, and were unfaithful in their deeds.

Modern King James verseion

And they were defiled with their works, and went lusting in their doings.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thus were they stained with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

NET Bible

They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.

New Heart English Bible

Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

The Emphasized Bible

And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.

Webster

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went astray with their own inventions.

World English Bible

Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

with their own works
מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

and went a whoring
זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93

References

Morish

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History

38 and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus they were defiled with their works, and played the harlot in their doings. 40 Therefore the wrath of LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

Cross References

Ezekiel 20:18

And I said to their sons in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers. Neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Leviticus 17:7

And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.

Numbers 15:39

And it shall be to you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of LORD, and do them, and that ye not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot,

Ezekiel 20:30-31

Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says lord LORD: Do ye pollute yourselves according to the manner of your fathers, and play ye the harlot according to their abominations?

Exodus 34:16

and thou take of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

Leviticus 20:5-6

then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.

Isaiah 24:5-6

The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.

Ezekiel 16:15-63

But thou trusted in thy beauty, and played the harlot because of thy renown, and poured out thy whoredoms on everyone who passed by; his it was.

Ezekiel 20:43

And there ye shall remember your ways, and all your doings, by which ye have polluted yourselves. And ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

Ezekiel 23:3-49

And they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth. There their breasts were pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

Hosea 9:1

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy like the peoples, for thou have played the harlot, [departing] from thy God. Thou have loved hire upon every grain-floor.

Revelation 17:1-6

And one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great whore who sits upon the many waters

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