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Ezekiel 16:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezekiel 16:7

Verse 7 of 63

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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.

Ezekiel 16:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 16:7

Theological / Devotional

I have caused thee. The LXX and Syriac versions have an imperative here, “grow up like a plant in the field.” The other verbs are better translated, “thou didst increase and wax tall ... and came to beauty ... were fashioned ... was grown.”

Excellent ornaments. Literally, “ornament of ornaments,” an obscure phrase. The Syriac reads “into the menses,” indicating, as does the reading of the RSV, that the foundling had now “arrived at full maidenhood.”

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