Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses
New American Standard Bible
But they, righteous men, will
King James Version
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
International Standard Version
Righteous men will judge them with punishments fit for adulterers and for those who shed blood, because they're adulterers with blood on their hands."
A Conservative Version
And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
American Standard Version
And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Amplified
And they, righteous men, will judge and condemn them with the judgment (punishment) of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
Bible in Basic English
And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.
Darby Translation
And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Julia Smith Translation
And just men they shall judge them with the judgment of adultresses, and with the judgment of those pouring out blood; for they are adultresses, and blood in their hands.
King James 2000
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But righteous men, they will judge them [with] [the] judgment of committing adultery, and [with] [the] judgment of shedding blood; for they were committing adultery, and blood [was] on their hands."
Modern King James verseion
And as righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O ye all that love virtue and righteousness, judge them! Punish them as adulterers and murderers ought to be judged and punished. For they are breakers of wedlock, and the blood is in their hands.
NET Bible
But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
New Heart English Bible
Righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
The Emphasized Bible
But righteous men, they, shall judge them, With the judgment of adulteresses, and With the judgment of women that shed blood, - Because adulteresses, they are And blood, is on their hands.
Webster
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
World English Bible
Righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Youngs Literal Translation
As to righteous men, they judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, And the judgment of women shedding blood, For they are adulteresses, And blood is in their hands.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 23:45
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Judgment On Both Sisters
44
Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those obscene women.
45 But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery
Hosea 6:5
to cut them down;
I have killed them with the words of My mouth.
My judgment strikes like lightning.
Leviticus 21:9
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity,
Deuteronomy 22:21-24
they will bring the woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from you.
Jeremiah 5:14
Therefore, this is what the Lord God of Hosts says:
I am going to make My words
become fire in your mouth.
These people are the wood,
and the fire will consume them.
Ezekiel 16:38-43
I will judge you the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged.
Ezekiel 23:36-39
Then the Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah?
Zechariah 1:6
But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”
John 8:3-7
Then the scribes and the Pharisees