Ezekiel 23:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts.”
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“So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of thy youth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 23:21 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 23:3and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
- Ezekiel 23:8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
- Ezekiel 23:19Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt
- John 5:43I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
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