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Ezekiel 16:32

But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

KJV

sed quasi mulier adultera, quæ super virum suum inducit alienos.

Vulgate

ἡ γυνὴ ἡ μοιχωμένη ὁμοία σοι, παρὰ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς λαμβάνουσα μισθώματα,

LXX

A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

ASV

הָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה הַ/מְּנָאָ֑פֶת תַּ֣חַת אִישָׁ֔/הּ תִּקַּ֖ח אֶת זָרִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים
mn'pym
verb · 31×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 39:7 — And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
  • Isa 57:8 — Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with th
  • Jer 2:28 — But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.