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Ezekiel 16:49–50

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49Look! This was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: Pride, abundance of food, and prosperous easep was to her and to her daughters, and she did not sustain the needy and the poor.q 50And they were proud, and they did a detestable thing before me,r and I removed them becauses I saw it.

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  1. pLiterally “and ease of granting relief”
  2. qLiterally “And the hand of the needy and the poor not she did take hold of”
  3. rLiterally “to the face of me”
  4. sLiterally “as that”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable acts before me, so I removed them when I saw this.

NLTNew Living Translation

Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door. She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.