2 Kings 9:30 “Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted…”

2 Kings 9:30

Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

World English Bible

When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.

American Standard Version

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when Iehu was come to Izreel, Iezebel heard of it, and painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a windowe.

Darby Translation

And Jehu came to Jizreel; and Jezebel heard of it, and she put paint to her eyes, and decked her head, and looked out at the window.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.

Bible in Basic English

And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.

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Cross references

“Jezebel”

1 Kings 19:1 1 Kings 19:2

1 Kings 19:1 · BSB

Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

1 Kings 19:2 · BSB

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”

“painted her face”

Jeremiah 4:30 Ezekiel 23:40

Jeremiah 4:30 · BSB

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you…

Ezekiel 23:40 · BSB

Furthermore, 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.

“tired”

Ezekiel 24:17 Isaiah 3:18–24 1 Peter 3:3 1 Timothy 2:9 1 Timothy 2:10

Ezekiel 24:17 · BSB

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

Isaiah 3:18–24 · BSB

In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

1 Peter 3:3 · BSB

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

1 Timothy 2:9 · BSB

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

1 Timothy 2:10 · BSB

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

31And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”

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