Ezekiel 16:7 “I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured a…”

Ezekiel 16:7

I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

World English Bible

I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent beauty. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you were naked and bare.

American Standard Version

I caused thee to multiply as that which groweth in the field, and thou didst increase and wax great, and thou attainedst to excellent ornament; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair was grown; yet thou wast naked and bare.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue caused thee to multiplie as the bud of the fielde, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou hast gotten excellent ornaments: thy breastes are facioned, thine heare is growen, where as thou wast naked and bare.

Darby Translation

I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beauty; [thy] breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.

Young's Literal Translation

A myriad — as the shoot of the field I have made thee, And thou art multiplied, and art great, And comest in with an excellent adornment, Breasts have been formed, and thy hair hath grown — And thou, naked and bare!

Bible in Basic English

And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing.

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Cross references

“caused, etc”

Exodus 1:7 Genesis 22:17 Exodus 12:37 Acts 7:17

Exodus 1:7 · BSB

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Genesis 22:17 · BSB

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

Exodus 12:37 · BSB

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

Acts 7:17 · BSB

As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

“excellent ornaments”

Deuteronomy 1:10 Isaiah 62:3 Ezekiel 16:10–13 Ezekiel 16:16 Exodus 3:22 Deuteronomy 4:8

Deuteronomy 1:10 · BSB

The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Isaiah 62:3 · BSB

You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

Ezekiel 16:10–13 · BSB

I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

Ezekiel 16:16 · BSB

You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!

Exodus 3:22 · BSB

Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Deuteronomy 4:8 · BSB

And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

“whereas”

Ezekiel 16:22 Job 1:21 Song of Solomon 4:5 Hosea 2:3 Hosea 2:9 Hosea 2:10

Ezekiel 16:22 · BSB

And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.

Job 1:21 · BSB

saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Song of Solomon 4:5 · BSB

Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Hosea 2:3 · BSB

Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.

Hosea 2:9 · BSB

Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.

Hosea 2:10 · BSB

And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.

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

In context

6Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’

8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.

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