Ezekiel 16:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 16:6

4 As for your nativity, ^aon the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not rubbed with salt nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out into the open field, when you yourself were¹ loathed on the day you were born.

6 “And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’

7 ^aI made you thrive like a plant in the field; and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed, your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.

8 “When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; ^aso I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I ^bswore an oath to you and entered into a ^ccovenant with you, and ^dyou became Mine,” says the Lord God.

9 “Then I washed you in water; yes, I thoroughly washed off your blood, and I anointed you with oil.

10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of¹ badger skin; I clothed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

11 I adorned you with ornaments, ^aput bracelets on your wrists, ^band a chain on your neck.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 16:6

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American Standard Version
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, `Though thou art' in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, `Though thou art' in thy blood, live.

Amplified® Bible
And when I passed by you and saw you rolling about in your blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you still in your natal blood, Live!

Contemporary English Version
I saw you lying there, rolling around in your own blood, and I couldn't let you die.

Darby English Version
And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!

Good News Bible
"Then I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with blood, but I wouldn't let you die.

King James Version
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

New American Standard Bible
"When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you {while you were} in your blood, `Live!' Yes, I said to you {while you were} in your blood, `Live!'

New International Version
" 'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!"

New King James Version
“And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you lay in your blood, 'Live!' Yes, I said to you while you remained in your blood, 'Live!'

Revised Standard Version
"And when I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood, I said to you in your blood, 'Live,

Young's Literal Translation
And I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live.

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