Ezekiel 16:50
New International Version
They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

New Living Translation
She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.

English Standard Version
They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.

Berean Standard Bible
Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.

King James Bible
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

New King James Version
And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.

New American Standard Bible
So they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.

NASB 1995
“Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.

NASB 1977
“Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. So I removed them when I saw it.

Amplified Bible
They were haughty and committed repulsive acts before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.

Christian Standard Bible
They were haughty and did detestable acts before me, so I removed them when I saw this.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were haughty and did detestable things before Me, so I removed them when I saw this.

American Standard Version
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But they were lifted up and they did evil before me, and when I saw these things in them, I overthrew them

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they boasted, and wrought iniquities before me: so I cut them off as I saw fit.

Contemporary English Version
They thought they were better than everyone else, and they did things I hate. And so I destroyed them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me: and I took them away as thou hast seen.

English Revised Version
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They were arrogant and did disgusting things in front of me. So I did away with them when I saw this.

Good News Translation
They were proud and stubborn and did the things that I hate, so I destroyed them, as you well know.

International Standard Version
In their arrogance, they committed detestable practices in my presence, so when I saw it, I removed them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.

Literal Standard Version
And they are haughty and do abomination before Me, | And I turn them aside when I have seen.

Majority Standard Bible
Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.

New American Bible
Instead, they became arrogant and committed abominations before me; then, as you have seen, I removed them.

NET Bible
They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.

New Revised Standard Version
They were haughty, and did abominable things before me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.

New Heart English Bible
They were haughty, and committed abomination before me. So I took them away, as you have seen.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

World English Bible
They were arrogant and committed abomination before me. Therefore I took them away when I saw it.

Young's Literal Translation
And they are haughty and do abomination before Me, And I turn them aside when I have seen.

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Context
Judgment on Jerusalem
49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. 50Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. 51Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.…

Cross References
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

Genesis 19:5
They called out to Lot, saying, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!"

Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah--from the LORD out of the heavens.

Genesis 19:25
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.


Treasury of Scripture

And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

and committed

Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Genesis 19:5
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

therefore

Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

Deuteronomy 29:23
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

Job 18:15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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Ezekiel 16
1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6. God's extraordinary love toward her,
15. Her grievous judgment
35. Her sin, equal to her mother,
46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59. calls for judgments
60. Mercy is promised her in the end














(50) As I saw good.--The word good is not in the original, and should be omitted, and the particle translated when: "Therefore I took them away when I saw this." Punishment followed upon the manifestation of their sin. (Comp. Genesis 18:21.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Thus they were haughty
וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה (wat·tiḡ·bə·he·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty

and committed
וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה (wat·ta·‘ă·śe·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

abominations
תוֹעֵבָ֖ה (ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol

before Me,
לְפָנָ֑י (lə·p̄ā·nāy)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and when
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I saw this,
רָאִֽיתִי׃ (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

I removed
וָאָסִ֥יר (wā·’ā·sîr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

them.
אֶתְהֶ֖ן (’eṯ·hen)
Direct object marker | third person feminine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case


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