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Ezekiel 23:3
New King James Version
Ezekiel 23:3
New King James Version
3 (A)They committed harlotry in Egypt,
They committed harlotry in (B)their youth;
Their breasts were there embraced,
Their virgin bosom was there pressed.
Ezekiel 23:3
King James Version
Ezekiel 23:3
King James Version
3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
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Ezekiel 23:3
English Standard Version
Ezekiel 23:3
English Standard Version
3 (A)They played the whore in Egypt; (B)they played the whore (C)in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms[a] handled.
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- Ezekiel 23:3 Hebrew nipples; also verses 8, 21
Ezekiel 23:3
New International Version
Ezekiel 23:3
New International Version
3 They became prostitutes in Egypt,(A) engaging in prostitution(B) from their youth.(C) In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.(D)
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