Ezekiel 23:21

NETBible

This is how you assessed 1  the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled 2  your nipples and squeezed 3  your young breasts.

NIV ©

So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.

NASB ©

"Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth.

NLT ©

And so, Oholibah, you celebrated your former days as a young girl in Egypt, when you first allowed yourself to be fondled and caressed.

MSG ©

She longed for the sexual prowess of her youth back in Egypt, where her firm young breasts were caressed and fondled.

BBE ©

And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.

NRSV ©

Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your bosom and caressed your young breasts.

NKJV ©

Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, When the Egyptians pressed your bosom Because of your youthful breasts.

KJV
Thus thou calledst to remembrance
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the lewdness
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of thy youth
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in bruising
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thy teats
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by the Egyptians
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for the paps
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of thy youth
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NASB ©
"Thus you longed
<6485>
for the lewdness
<2154>
of your youth
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, when the Egyptians
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handled
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your bosom
<1717>
because
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of the breasts
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of your youth
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.
LXXM
kai
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CONJ
epeskeqw
<1980> 
V-AMI-2S
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
anomian
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N-ASF
neothtov
<3503> 
N-GSF
sou
<4771> 
P-GS
a
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R-APN
epoieiv
<4160> 
V-IAI-2S
en
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PREP
aiguptw
<125> 
N-DSF
en
<1722> 
PREP
tw
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T-DSN
katalumati
<2646> 
N-DSN
sou
<4771> 
P-GS
ou
<3739> 
R-GSM
oi
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T-NPM
mastoi
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N-NPM
neothtov
<3503> 
N-GSF
sou
<4771> 
P-GS
NET [draft] ITL
This is how you assessed
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the obscene conduct
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of your youth
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, when the Egyptians
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fondled
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your nipples
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and squeezed
<04616>
your young
<05271>
breasts
<07699>
.
HEBREW
o
Kyrwen
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yds
<07699>
Neml
<04616>
Kydd
<01717>
Myrumm
<04714>
twveb
<06213>
Kyrwen
<05271>
tmz
<02154>
ta
<0853>
ydqptw (23:21)
<06485>
NETBible

This is how you assessed 1  the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled 2  your nipples and squeezed 3  your young breasts.

NET Notes

1 tn Or “you took note of.” The Hebrew verb פָּקַד (paqad) in the Qal implies evaluating something and then acting in light of that judgment; here the prophet depicts Judah as approving of her youthful unfaithfulness and then magnifying it at the present time. Some translations assume the verb should be repointed as a Niphal, rendering “you missed” or by extension “you longed for,” but such an extension of the Niphal “to be missing” is otherwise unattested.

2 tn Heb “when (they) did,” but the verb makes no sense here and is better emended to “when (they) fondled,” a verb used in vv. 3 and 8. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:43.

3 tn Heb “for the sake of,” but the expression is awkward and is better emended to read “to squeeze.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:43.