Parallel Verses
Amplified
that you built yourself an
New American Standard Bible
that you built yourself a
King James Version
That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.
Holman Bible
“you built yourself a mound and made yourself an elevated place in every square.
International Standard Version
"You built raised mounds and high places for yourself on every plaza.
A Conservative Version
that thou have built thyself a vaulted place, and have made thee a lofty place in every street.
American Standard Version
that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.
Bible in Basic English
That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.
Darby Translation
that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt build to thee a brothel, and thou wilt make to thee a height in every street
King James 2000
That you have also built unto you an eminent place, and have made yourself a high place in every street.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'And [then] you built for yourself a mound, and you made for yourself a high place in every public square.
Modern King James verseion
that you have also built yourself a mound, and you have made yourself a high place in every street.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast builded thy stews and brothel houses in every place: yea, at the head of every street hast thou builded thee an altar.
NET Bible
you built yourself a chamber and put up a pavilion in every public square.
New Heart English Bible
that you have built for yourselves a vaulted place, and have made yourselves a lofty place in every street.
The Emphasized Bible
That thou didst build thee a brothel, - and didst make thee a height in every broadway:
Webster
That thou hast also built to thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a high place in every street.
World English Bible
that you have built for yourselves a vaulted place, and have made yourselves a lofty place in every street.
Youngs Literal Translation
That thou dost build to thee an arch, And dost make to thee a high place in every broad place.
Themes
High places » The jews » Built, in all their streets
High places » The jews » Condemned for building
High places » Licentious practices at
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 16:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Covenant Grace To Unfaithful And Rebellious Israel
23
“Then it came about after all your wickedness (‘Woe, woe to you!’ says the Lord God),
24 that you built yourself an
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Cross References
Psalm 78:58
For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [devoted to idol worship]
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images [by denying Him the love, worship, and obedience that is rightfully and uniquely His].
Isaiah 57:7
“Upon a high and lofty mountain
You have [openly and shamelessly] made your [idolatrous and adulterous] bed;
Even there you went up to offer sacrifice [to idols, in spiritual unfaithfulness to Me].
Ezekiel 16:31
When you built your shrine altar for prostitution at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every public square, you were not like a prostitute because you refused payment.
Ezekiel 16:39
I will also hand you over to your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and they will leave you naked and bare.
Jeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke [in deliberate disobedience]
And tore off your bonds [of the law that I gave you];
You said, ‘I will not serve and obey You!’
For on every high hill
And under every green tree
You have lain down [in idolatrous worship] like a [compliant] prostitute.
Jeremiah 3:2
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see;
Where have you not been violated?
You sat by the road waiting [eagerly] for them [those man-made gods]
Like an Arab [tribesman who waits to attack] in the desert,
And you have desecrated the land
With your [vile] prostitution and your wickedness (disobedience to God).
Ezekiel 20:28-29
For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, they saw every high hill and every dark and leafy tree [as a place for idol worship], and there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented their offering that provoked My anger; there also they made their sweet-smelling aroma and there poured out their drink offerings.
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places [devoted to idolatrous worship], and cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies upon the [crushed] bodies of your idols, and My soul will detest you [with deep and unutterable loathing].
2 Kings 21:3-7
For he rebuilt the high places [for the worship of pagan gods] which his father Hezekiah had destroyed; and he set up altars for Baal and made an [image of] Asherah, just as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he worshiped all the [starry] host of heaven and served them.
2 Kings 23:5-7
He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense [to pagan gods] in the high places in Judah’s cities and all around Jerusalem—also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations [of the zodiac], and to all the [starry] host of heaven.
2 Kings 23:11-12
And he got rid of the horses that the kings of Judah had given [in worship] to the sun at the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the annex; and he burned the chariots of the sun.
2 Chronicles 33:3-7
For he rebuilt the [idolatrous] high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; and he set up altars for the Baals and made the
Isaiah 57:5
Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?
Jeremiah 17:3
O [Jerusalem] My mountain in the countryside,
I will give [to the Babylonians, as the cost of your sin] your wealth and all your treasures as plunder,
And throughout your territory, your high places of sin.