Ezekiel 16:48

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.”

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BSBPD

“As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done--she and her daughters--As thou hast done--thou and thy daughters.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 16:48 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 10:15Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
  2. Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
  3. Mark 6:11If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
  4. Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
  5. Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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