Ezekiel 16:11

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“I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.”

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BSBPD

“I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 16:11 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 24:22And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
  2. Genesis 24:47Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
  3. Genesis 24:53Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
  4. Genesis 35:4So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
  5. Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
  6. Exodus 32:2So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
  7. Exodus 35:22So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
  8. Leviticus 8:9Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
  9. Numbers 31:50So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
  10. Judges 8:24Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
  11. Esther 2:17And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
  12. Job 42:11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
  13. Proverbs 1:9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
  14. Proverbs 4:9She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
  15. Proverbs 25:12Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
  16. Song of Solomon 1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
  17. Song of Solomon 4:9You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
  18. Isaiah 3:19their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
  19. Isaiah 3:21their signet rings and nose rings;
  20. Isaiah 28:5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
  21. Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
  22. Ezekiel 23:40Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
  23. Ezekiel 23:42accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
  24. Daniel 5:7The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

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