Ezekiel 16:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ and grow up like a plant of the field.” You grew up and became tall and arrived at full womanhood; your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, yet you were naked and bare.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ I caused you [Israel] to multiply as the bud which grows in the field, and you increased and became tall and you came to full maidenhood and beauty; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown, yet you were naked and bare.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ I helped you to flourish like a young plant in the field, and you grew tall and became wonderfully endowed. Your breasts were firm, your hair beautifully thick. And you were completely naked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ I multiplied you like the seedling of the field. And you were multiplied and became great, and you advanced and arrived at the ornament of a woman. Your breasts rose up, and your hair grew. And you were naked and full of shame.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ I caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field: and thou didst increase and grow great and advancedst and camest to woman's ornament. Thy breasts were fashioned and thy hair grew: and thou wast naked and full of confusion.

Ezekiel 16:7 Cross References

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.

Psalm 147:20

He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 148:14

He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful, for the people of Israel who are close to him. Praise the Lord!

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Exodus 12:37

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides little ones.

Exodus 3:22

each woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman living in the neighbor’s house for jewelry of silver and of gold and clothing, and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters; so you shall plunder the Egyptians.”

Song of Solomon 4:5

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

Song of Solomon 8:10

I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.

Song of Solomon 8:8

We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my whole being shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 62:3

You shall be a beautiful crown in the hand of the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

Ezekiel 16:16

You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful high places and on them prostituted yourself; nothing like this has ever been or ever shall be.

Ezekiel 16:22

And in all your abominations and your prostitutions you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, flailing about in your blood.

Ezekiel 16:6

I passed by you and saw you flailing about in your blood. As you lay in your blood, I said to you, “Live!

Hosea 2:3

or I will strip her naked and expose her as in the day she was born and make her like a wilderness and turn her into a parched land and kill her with thirst.

Acts 7:17

“But as the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased and multiplied

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times more and bless you, as he has promised you!

Deuteronomy 4:8

And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today?