Isaiah 57:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your symbol; for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed, you have gone up to it, you have made it wide; and you have made a bargain for yourself with them, you have loved their bed, you have looked on nakedness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your [idol] symbol [as a substitute for the Scripture text God ordered]. Deserting Me, you have uncovered and ascended and enlarged your bed; and you have made a [fresh] bargain for yourself with [the adulterers], and you loved their bed, where you saw [a beckoning hand or a passion-inflaming image]. [Deut. 6:5, 6, 9; 11:18, 20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them: thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

Common English Bible

⁸ Behind the door and the doorpost you placed your symbols. You abandoned me and lay down, making room in your bed and making deals for yourself with them. You loved their bed; you saw their nakedness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And behind the door, and beyond the post, you have set up your memorial. For you uncovered yourself next to me, and you received an adulterer. You widened your bed, and you formed a pact with them. You loved their bed with an open hand.

Isaiah 57:8 Cross References

Ezekiel 16:15

“But you trusted in your beauty, and played the harlot because of your renown, and lavished your harlotries on any passer-by.

Ezekiel 16:32

Adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!

Ezekiel 23:41

you sat upon a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.