Ezekiel 16:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEzekiel 16:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַתִּקְחִ֞י
lâqach
H3947
to take
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בָּנַ֤יִךְ
bên
H1121
son
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בְּנוֹתַ֨יִךְ֙
bath
H1323
daughter
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יָלַ֣דְתְּ
yâlad
H3205
to bear
לִ֔י
וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥ים
zâbach
H2076
to sacrifice
לָהֶ֖ם
לֶאֱכ֑וֹל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
הַמְעַ֖ט
mᵉʻaṭ
H4592
few
מתזנתך
taznûwth
H8457
fornication
מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ
taznûwth
H8457
fornication
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World English Bible Public Domain
Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your prostitution a small matter,
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King James Version Public Domain
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then you took your sons and daughters whom you bore for me, and you sacrificed them to the images to be devoured as food. Are your acts of prostitution a small matter?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).