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Isaiah 3:16

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Washing Away Impurity

3:16The Lord says,

“The women39 of Zion are proud.

They walk with their heads high40

and flirt with their eyes.

They skip along41

and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.42

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Footnotes

  1. 39 Heb “daughters” (so , , ).
  2. 40 Heb “with an outstretched neck.” They proudly hold their heads high so that others can see the jewelry around their necks.
  3. 41 Heb “walking and skipping, they walk.”
  4. 42 Heb “and with their feet they jingle.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord said:

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty

and walk with outstretched necks,

glancing wantonly with their eyes,

mincing along as they go,

tinkling with their feet,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord says,

“The women of Zion are haughty,

walking along with outstretched necks,

flirting with their eyes,

strutting along with swaying hips,

with ornaments jingling on their ankles.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord also says:

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,

walking with heads held high

and seductive eyes,

prancing along,

jingling their ankle bracelets,

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord says, “Beautiful Zion is haughty:

craning her elegant neck,

flirting with her eyes,

walking with dainty steps,

tinkling her ankle bracelets.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Yahweh said: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,

and they walk with outstretched neck,

and they give flirting glances with their eyes,

mincing along as they go,

and with their feet they rattle their bangles,

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover the Lord saith,

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,

And walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,

Walking and mincing as they go,

And making a tinkling with their feet: