Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment. New Living Translation You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment. English Standard Version building your vaulted chamber at the head of every street, and making your lofty place in every square. Yet you were not like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. Berean Study Bible But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. King James Bible In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; New King James Version “You erected your shrine at the head of every road, and built your high place in every street. Yet you were not like a harlot, because you scorned payment. New American Standard Bible When you built your shrine at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every public square, in spurning a prostitute’s fee, you were not like a prostitute. NASB 1995 "When you built your shrine at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every square, in disdaining money, you were not like a harlot. NASB 1977 “When you built your shrine at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every square, in disdaining money, you were not like a harlot. Amplified Bible When you built your shrine altar for prostitution at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every public square, you were not like a prostitute because you refused payment. Christian Standard Bible building your mound at the head of every street and making your elevated place in every square. But you were unlike a prostitute because you scorned payment. Holman Christian Standard Bible building your mound at the head of every street and making your elevated place in every square. But you were unlike a prostitute because you scorned payment. American Standard Version in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou hast built a house of harlotry in every top of a way, and hast set up thine high place in every street; and thou didst become as a harlot gathering hires. Contemporary English Version You had sex on every street corner, and when you finished, you refused to accept money. That's worse than being a prostitute! Douay-Rheims Bible Because thou hast built thy brothel house at the head of every way, and thou hast made thy high place in every street: and wast not as a harlot that by disdain enhanceth her price, English Revised Version in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire. Good News Translation On every street you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution. But you are not out for money like a common prostitute. GOD'S WORD® Translation You build your platforms at the head of every street and place your illegal worship sites in every square. Yet, you aren't like other prostitutes, because you don't want to be paid. International Standard Version When you built your mound on every street corner and constructed your high place at every plaza, you weren't like a common prostitute, in that you've insulted the wages of a prostitute JPS Tanakh 1917 in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot that enhanceth her hire. Literal Standard Version In your building your arch at the head of every way, "" You have made your high place in every broad place, "" And have not been as a whore deriding a wage. NET Bible When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. New Heart English Bible in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay. World English Bible in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay. Young's Literal Translation In thy building thine arch at the head of every way, Thy high place thou hast made in every broad place, And -- hast not been as a whore deriding a gift. Additional Translations ... Study Bible Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness…30How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! 31But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. 32You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!… Cross References Isaiah 52:3 For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed." Ezekiel 16:24 you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square. Ezekiel 16:32 You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! Treasury of Scripture In that you build your eminent place in the head of every way, and make your high place in every street; and have not been as an harlot, in that you scorn hire; In that thou buildest thine. Ezekiel 16:24,39 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street… makest Ezekiel 16:25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. Hosea 12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. in that thou scornest Ezekiel 16:33,34 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom… Isaiah 52:3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. (31) Eminent place.--See note on Ezekiel 16:24. In that thou scornest him.--It was characteristic of both the kingdoms of Israel after the division, that the interference of foreign nations in their affairs was generally sought first by Israel itself and purchased at a heavy price. The people were so situated on the great highway between the rival nations of Egypt and Assyria, that their friendship ought to have been of value to either of them, and to have been sought with great inducements. But Israel, in its weakness and wickedness, more than threw itself away and purchased its own ruin. The particulars mentioned in this verse belong to the past rather than to the present, and all the tenses should be so translated. Verse 31. - In that, etc. It is better to take the words as beginning a fresh sentence: "when thou didst build," etc. The historical survey of the harlot's progress is brought to a close, and the prophet points with bitter scorn to what aggravated its degradation. Other nations, like Tyre and Zidon, had risen to prosperity and eminence through their intercourse with foreigners. To Judah it had brought only subjection and the payment of tribute. She had given gifts to all her lovers, instead of receiving from them the rewards of her shame. She was as the adulterous wife who forsakes her husband, and gives what belonged to him to strangers. The conduct of Ahaz in stripping the Temple of its gold and silver to pay tribute to Assyria (2 Kings 16:8), gives an apt illustration of what the prophet means (comp. Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 30:6).Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon But when you builtבִּבְנוֹתַ֤יִךְ (biḇ·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build your shrines גַּבֵּךְ֙ (gab·bêḵ) Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1354: The back, the top, rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks at the head בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (bə·rōš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head of every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every street דֶּ֔רֶךְ (de·reḵ) Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action and made עָשִׂ֖ית (‘ā·śîṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make your lofty shrines וְרָמָתֵ֥ךְ (wə·rā·mā·ṯêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7413: Height, high place in every בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every public square, רְח֑וֹב (rə·ḥō·wḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7339: A broad open place, plaza you were הָיִ֥ית (hā·yîṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be not even like וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no a prostitute, כַּזּוֹנָ֖ה (kaz·zō·w·nāh) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry because you scorned לְקַלֵּ֥ס (lə·qal·lês) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7046: To disparage, ridicule payment. אֶתְנָֽן׃ (’eṯ·nān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 868: The wages (of a harlot) Jump to Previous Arch Arched Beginning Build Buildest Building Built Eminent Getting Harlot Head High Hire Lofty Makest Money Mounds Open Pay Prostitute Public Reward Room Scorn Scorned Scornest Shrine Shrines Square Street Together Vaulted WayJump to Next Arch Arched Beginning Build Buildest Building Built Eminent Getting Harlot Head High Hire Lofty Makest Money Mounds Open Pay Prostitute Public Reward Room Scorn Scorned Scornest Shrine Shrines Square Street Together Vaulted WayLinks Ezekiel 16:31 NIVEzekiel 16:31 NLT Ezekiel 16:31 ESV Ezekiel 16:31 NASB Ezekiel 16:31 KJV Ezekiel 16:31 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 16:31 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 16:31 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 16:31 French Bible Ezekiel 16:31 Clyx Quotations OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:31 In that you build your vaulted place (Ezek. 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