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Ezekiel 16:56–57

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16:56In your days of majesty,41 was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth, 16:57before your evil was exposed? Now you have become an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram42 and all those around her and to the daughters of the Philistines—those all around you who despise you.

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Or “pride.”
  2. 42 So , , and ; many Hebrew and read “Edom.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride, before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become an object of reproach for the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and for the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who despise you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride, before your wickedness was uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Didn’t you treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn when you were proud, before your wickedness was exposed? It was like the time you were scorned by the daughters of Aram and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—those who treated you with contempt from every side.

NLTNew Living Translation

In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt. But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorned—by Edom and all her neighbors and by Philistia.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And was not Sodom, your sister, a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride before your evil was uncovered? It was like the time of the scorn of the daughters of Aram and all those around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who are despising you.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.