Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

You have placed your bed
on a high and lofty mountain;
you also went up there to offer sacrifice.

New American Standard Bible

“Upon a high and lofty mountain
You have made your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

King James Version

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

International Standard Version

"You have made your bed on a high and lofty mountain, and you went up to offer sacrifice there.

A Conservative Version

Upon a high and lofty mountain thou have set thy bed. Thou also went up there to offer sacrifice.

American Standard Version

Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Amplified


“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].

Bible in Basic English

You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering.

Darby Translation

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice.

Julia Smith Translation

Upon a mountain high and lifted up thou didst set thy bed: also there thou wentest up to sacrifice a sacrifice.

King James 2000

Upon a lofty and high mountain have you set your bed: even there you went up to offer sacrifice.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You have set your bed upon a high and lofty mountain; indeed, you went up there to slaughter sacrifice.

Modern King James verseion

On a lofty and high mountain you have set your bed; even there you went up to offer sacrifice.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou hast made thy bed upon high mountains; thou wentest up thither, and there hast thou slain sacrifices.

NET Bible

On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices.

New Heart English Bible

On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.

The Emphasized Bible

On a mountain high and uplifted, hast thou set thy couch, - Even thither, hast thou gone up, to offer sacrifice;

Webster

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither thou wentest up to offer sacrifice.

World English Bible

On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.

Youngs Literal Translation

On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּבוהּ גּבהּ 
Gaboahh 
Usage: 37

and high
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

hast thou set
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

משׁכּב 
Mishkab 
Usage: 46

even thither wentest thou up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

to offer
זבח 
Zabach 
Usage: 134

Context Readings

Idolatry Is Adultery

6 Your portion is among the smooth stones of the wadi;
indeed, they are your lot.
You have even poured out a drink offering to them;
you have offered a grain offering;
should I be satisfied with these?
7 You have placed your bed
on a high and lofty mountain;
you also went up there to offer sacrifice.
8 You have set up your memorial
behind the door and doorpost.
For away from Me, you stripped,
went up, and made your bed wide,
and you have made a bargain for yourself with them.
You have loved their bed;
you have gazed on their genitals.



Cross References

Ezekiel 16:16

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!

Ezekiel 23:41

You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and oil.

Jeremiah 2:20

For long ago I broke your yoke;
I tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.

Jeremiah 3:2

Look to the barren heights and see.
Where have you not been immoral?
You sat waiting for them beside the highways
like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land
with your prostitution and wickedness.

Jeremiah 3:6

In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Ezekiel 16:25

You built your elevated place at the head of every street and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.

Ezekiel 20:28-29

When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there.

Ezekiel 23:17

Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. But after she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.

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