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Ezekiel 23:3

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

KJV

et fornicatæ sunt in Ægypto, in adolescentia sua fornicatæ sunt : ibi subacta sunt ubera earum, et fractæ sunt mammæ pubertatis earum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐν τῇ νεότητι αὐτῶν, ἐκεῖ ἔπεσον οἱ μαστοὶ αὐτῶν, ἐκεῖ διεπαρθενεύθησαν.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/תִּזְנֶ֣ינָה בְ/מִצְרַ֔יִם בִּ/נְעוּרֵי/הֶ֖ן זָנ֑וּ שָׁ֚מָּ/ה מֹעֲכ֣וּ שְׁדֵי/הֶ֔ן וְ/שָׁ֣ם עִשּׂ֔וּ דַּדֵּ֖י בְּתוּלֵי/הֶֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דַּדֵּ֖י
ddy
noun · 4×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הָ
h
noun · 10×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
י
y
noun · 46×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךְ
k
noun · 24×
מְעוּכָֽה
m'vkh
verb · 3×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Ezek 16:15 — But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
  • Ezek 16:22 — And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
  • Ezek 20:7 — Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
  • Ezek 23:8 — Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
  • Ezek 23:19 — Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 23:27 — Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
  • Jer 22:21 — I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
  • Josh 5:9 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
  • Josh 24:14 — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
  • Josh 24:14 — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
  • Lev 17:7 — And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
  • Ps 129:1 — Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
  • Rev 11:8 — And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.