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Ezekiel 16:16
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KJ21
And of thy garments thou didst take, and decked thy high places with divers colors and played the harlot thereupon. The like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
ASV
And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
AMP
You took some of your clothes and made for yourself [decorated] high places and shrines of various colors and prostituted yourself on them—things which should never have come about and taken place.
AMPC
And you took some of your garments and made for yourself gaily decorated high places or shrines and played the harlot on them—things which should not come and that which should not take place.
BRG
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
CSB
You took some of your clothing and made colorful high places for yourself, and you engaged in prostitution on them. These places should not have been built, and this should never have happened!
CSBA
You took some of your clothing and made colourful high places for yourself, and you engaged in prostitution on them. These places should not have been built, and this should never have happened!
CEB
You took some of your clothing to make colorful shrines and prostituted yourself in them.
CJB
You took your clothes and used them to decorate with bright colors the high places you made for yourself, and there you continued prostituting yourself. Such things shouldn’t happen, and in the future they won’t.
CEV
You made shrines for yourself and decorated them with some of your clothes. That's where you took your visitors to have sex with them. These things should never have happened!
DARBY
And of thy garments thou didst take, and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot thereupon: [the like] hath not come to pass, and shall be no more.
DRA
And taking of thy garments thou hast made thee high places sewed together on each side: and hast played the harlot upon them, as hath not been done before, nor shall be hereafter.
ERV
You took your beautiful clothes and used them to decorate your places for worship. And you acted like a prostitute there. You gave yourself to every man who came by!
EASY
You used some of your clothes to give honour to idols. You made their altars beautiful. You had sex with those men there on your beautiful cloths. Those things should never happen!
EHV
You took some of your clothing and made colorful high places for yourself and acted like a prostitute on them. Such things should not happen. They should not be!
ESV
You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.
ESVUK
You took some of your garments and made for yourself colourful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.
EXB
You took some of your clothes and made your ·places of worship [high places; 6:3] ·colorful [decorated; gaudy]. There you carried on your prostitution. ·These things should not happen; they should never occur [or You went to him and became his; or How could such a thing ever have happened? C the Hebrew here is obscure].
GNV
And thou didst take thy garments, and deckedst thine high places with divers colors, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither hath any done so.
GW
You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things shouldn’t happen. They shouldn’t occur.
GNT
You used some of your clothes to decorate your places of worship, and just like a prostitute, you gave yourself to everyone.
HCSB
You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and you engaged in prostitution on them. These places should not have been built, and this should never have happened!
ICB
And you took some of your clothes and made your places of worship colorful. This is where you carried on your prostitution. These things should not have happened. They should never happen again.
ISV
You took some of your clothes and made gaily-colored high places and prostituted yourself all around them—something which had never happened before nor will ever happen again.
JUB
And of thy garments thou didst take and make altars of divers colours and play the harlot thereupon; the like shall not come again, neither shall it be so.
KJV
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
AKJV
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
LSB
You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors, and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen.
LEB
And you took from your clothes and you made for yourself colorful shrines, and you prostituted on them; this had not happened before, and it will not continue to happen.
TLB
You used the lovely things I gave you for making idol shrines and to decorate your bed of prostitution. Unbelievable! There has never been anything like it before!
MSG
“‘But your beauty went to your head and you became a common whore, grabbing anyone coming down the street and taking him into your bed. You took your fine dresses and made “tents” of them, using them as brothels in which you practiced your trade. This kind of thing should never happen, never.
MEV
Of your garments you took and decked your high places with various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about or happen.
NOG
You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things shouldn’t happen. They shouldn’t occur.
NABRE
You took some of your garments and made for yourself gaudy high places, where you served as a prostitute. It has never happened before, nor will it happen again!
NASB
You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors, and committed prostitution on them, which should not come about nor happen.
NASB1995
You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen.
NCB
You used some of your garments to decorate colorful shrines for yourself where you played the harlot.
NCV
You took some of your clothes and made your places of worship colorful. There you carried on your prostitution. These things should not happen; they should never occur.
NET
You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his.
NIRV
You used some of your clothes to make high places colorful. That is where people worshiped other gods. You were a prostitute there. You went to your lover and he took your beauty.
NIV
You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.
NIVUK
You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.
NKJV
You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.
NLV
You took some of your clothes of many colors and made for yourself places of worship. There you acted like a woman who sells the use of her body. Such things should never happen or come to pass.
NLT
You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen?
NRSVA
You took some of your garments, and made for yourself colourful shrines, and on them played the whore; nothing like this has ever been or ever shall be.
NRSVACE
You took some of your garments, and made for yourself colourful shrines, and on them played the whore; nothing like this has ever been or ever shall be.
NRSVCE
You took some of your garments, and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore; nothing like this has ever been or ever shall be.
NRSVUE
You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful high places and on them prostituted yourself; nothing like this has ever been or ever shall be.
OJB
And of thy begadim thou didst take, and adorned thy bamot te’lu’ot (gaudy high places, cult prostitution brilliantly colored harlot "beds"), and playedst the zonah thereupon; such things should not come, neither should they be.
RGT
“And you took your garments and decorated your high places with diverse colors and played the harlot upon them. Such things should not come about or be done.
RSV
You took some of your garments, and made for yourself gaily decked shrines, and on them played the harlot; the like has never been, nor ever shall be.
RSVCE
You took some of your garments, and made for yourself gaily decked shrines, and on them played the harlot; the like has never been, nor ever shall be.
TLV
You took your garments, made high places decked out with various colors and fornicated on them—this should not happen, it should not be!
VOICE
You made shrines for your idols out of the luxurious linens I gave to you and gave yourself to play the harlot there. Such things should never have happened and must not ever again.
WEB
You took some of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them. This shouldn’t happen, neither shall it be.
WYC
And thou tookest of my clothes, and madest to thee high things set about on each side (And thou tookest some of thy clothes, and adornest thy high places with them put about on each side); and thou didest fornication on those, as it was not done, neither shall be done.
YLT
And thou dost take of thy garments, And dost make to thee spotted high-places, And dost go a-whoring upon them, They are not coming in -- nor shall it be!
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