Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
“You even took your sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them to these images as food.
New American Standard Bible
“Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to
King James Version
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
International Standard Version
"Then you took your sons and daughters whom you bore for me and sacrificed them for your idols to eat. As though your prostitutions were an insignificant thing,
A Conservative Version
Moreover thou have taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou have borne to me, and thou have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,
American Standard Version
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,
Amplified
“Moreover, you took your sons and your daughters whom you had borne to Me, and you destroyed them as sacrifices [to your man-made gods]. Were your gross immoralities so small a matter?
Bible in Basic English
And you took your sons and your daughters whom I had by you, offering even these to them to be their food. Was your loose behaviour so small a thing,
Darby Translation
And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst borne unto me, and these didst thou sacrifice unto them, to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,
Julia Smith Translation
And thou wilt take thy sons and thy daughters which thou didst bear to me, and thou wilt sacrifice them for these to eat From thy fornication is it small?
King James 2000
Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne unto me, and these have you sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this act of your harlotries a small matter,
Lexham Expanded Bible
'And you took your sons and your daughters whom you had borne for me, and you sacrificed them to them to be eaten, {as if your whorings were not enough}.
Modern King James verseion
And you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to Me, and you gave these to them for food. Are your fornications small?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast taken thine own sons and daughters, whom thou hast begotten unto me: and these hast thou offered up to them, to be their meat. Is this but a small whoredom of thine, thinkest thou,
NET Bible
"'You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough,
New Heart English Bible
"'Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter,
The Emphasized Bible
And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, Whom thou hadst borne unto me, And didst sacrifice them unto them to be devoured,- Is this of thine unchastity. a light thing?
Webster
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me, and these hast thou sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of thy lewdness a small matter,
World English Bible
Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter,
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,
Interlinear
Laqach
Bath
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 16:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Covenant Grace To Unfaithful And Rebellious Israel
19
You also set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I gave you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you.
Cross References
Ezekiel 23:37
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. They have even made the children they bore to Me pass through the fire as food for the idols.
Exodus 13:2
“Consecrate every firstborn male
Psalm 106:37-38
Jeremiah 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth
Ezekiel 20:31
When you offer your gifts, making your children pass through the fire,
Exodus 13:12
you are to present to the Lord every firstborn male of the womb. All firstborn offspring of the livestock you own that are males will be the Lord’s.
Deuteronomy 29:11-12
your children, your wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
Isaiah 57:5
under every green tree,
who slaughter children in the wadis
below the clefts of the rocks?
Ezekiel 16:21
You slaughtered My children and gave them up when you passed them through the fire
Ezekiel 20:26
When they made every firstborn pass through the fire,
Genesis 17:7
I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant
2 Kings 16:3
but walked in the way of the kings of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:6
He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Hinnom.
Jeremiah 2:34-35
with the blood of the innocent poor.
You did not catch them breaking and entering.
But in spite of all these things
Jeremiah 32:35
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech
Ezekiel 8:17
And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the detestable things they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence
Ezekiel 23:4
The older one was named Oholah,
Ezekiel 23:39
On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it.
Micah 6:7
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the child of my body for my own sin?