Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her arms.
Ezekiel 16:12 - Revised Standard Version And I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I put a ring on your nostril and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown upon your head! American Standard Version (1901) And I put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head. Common English Bible I put a ring in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. Catholic Public Domain Version And I put gold upon your face, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I put a jewel upon thy forehead and earrings in thy ears and a beautiful crown upon thy head. |
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her arms.
Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
In that day the Lord of hosts will be a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people;
Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”
And your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor which I had bestowed upon you, says the Lord God.
You also took your fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the harlot;
thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they are; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
The sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort drunkards were brought from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of the women, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned incense to them and decked herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord.