^16:4As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water;² you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets.³

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2 Heb “in water you were not washed for cleansing” or “with water you were not washed smooth” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [], 1:, n. 57, for a discussion of possible meanings of this ).
3 Arab midwives still cut the umbilical cords of infants and then proceed to apply salt and oil to their bodies.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And as for your birth, on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As for your birth, your umbilical cord wasn’t cut on the day you were born, and you weren’t washed clean with water. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

NLTNew Living Translation

On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth.

And as for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were not thoroughly washed clean with water, and you were not thoroughly rubbed with salt, and you were not carefully wrapped in strips of cloth.

KJV 1900King James Version

And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

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