2 Kings 9:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and beautified her head and looked out of [an upper] window.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.

Common English Bible

Jehu then went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard of it, she put on her eye shadow and arranged her hair. She looked down out of the window.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Jehu went into Jezreel. But Jezebel, hearing of his arrival, painted her eyes with cosmetics, and adorned her head. And she watched through a window,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Jehu came into Jezrahel; But Jezabel hearing of his coming in painted her face with stibic stone, and adorned her head, and looked out of a window

2 Kings 9:30 Cross References

1 Kings 16:9

But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the palace at Tirzah,

1 Kings 21:23

Also concerning Jezebel the Lord said: The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the bounds of Jezreel.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,

Proverbs 7:10

Then a woman comes toward him decked out like a prostitute, with hidden intent.

Jeremiah 4:30

And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in crimson, that you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.

Ezekiel 23:40

They even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a messenger was sent, and they came. For them you bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments;

Ezekiel 24:17

Groan quietly; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.

1 Peter 3:3

Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing;

1 Samuel 29:1

Now the Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek, while the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel.