Ezekiel 16:13 “So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made o…”

Ezekiel 16:13

So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

World English Bible

Thus you were decked with gold and silver. Your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.

American Standard Version

Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus wast thou deckt with gold and siluer, and thy rayment was of fine linen, and silke, and broydred worke: thou didest eate fine floure, and honie and oyle, and thou wast very beautifull, and thou didest grow vp into a kingdome.

Darby Translation

Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

Young's Literal Translation

And thou dost put on gold and silver, And thy clothing [is] fine linen, And figured silk and embroidery, Fine flour, and honey, and oil thou hast eaten, And thou art very very beautiful, And dost go prosperously to the kingdom.

Bible in Basic English

So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.

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Cross references

“thou didst”

Ezekiel 16:19 Deuteronomy 8:8 Psalm 81:16 Psalm 147:14 Hosea 2:5 Deuteronomy 32:13

Ezekiel 16:19 · BSB

And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.

Deuteronomy 8:8 · BSB

a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

Psalm 81:16 · BSB

But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Psalm 147:14 · BSB

He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.

Hosea 2:5 · BSB

For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

Deuteronomy 32:13 · BSB

He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

“and thou wast”

Psalm 50:2 Psalm 48:2 Isaiah 64:11 Jeremiah 13:20 Ezekiel 16:14 Ezekiel 16:15

Psalm 50:2 · BSB

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

Psalm 48:2 · BSB

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

Isaiah 64:11 · BSB

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

Jeremiah 13:20 · BSB

Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

Ezekiel 16:14 · BSB

Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 16:15 · BSB

But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.

“and thou didst”

1 Kings 4:21 Genesis 17:6 1 Samuel 12:12 2 Samuel 8:15 Ezra 4:20 Ezra 5:11

1 Kings 4:21 · BSB

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Genesis 17:6 · BSB

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

1 Samuel 12:12 · BSB

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

2 Samuel 8:15 · BSB

Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

Ezra 4:20 · BSB

And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.

Ezra 5:11 · BSB

And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

Also

1 Samuel 10:1

1 Samuel 10:1 · BSB

Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

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

In context

12I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.

14Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

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