Ezekiel 16:3

Ezekiel 16:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

3and say, ‘This is what the Lord 16:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the chGod says to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

3and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem, “Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite, your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

3and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem (all of Israel), “Your [spiritual] origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your [spiritual] father was an 16:3 Jerusalem became an Israelite city only after David captured it (2 Sam 5:6-10).Amorite and your [spiritual] mother a Hittite. [Ezek 16:45; John 8:44]

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

3Tell them, ‘The Lord and King speaks to Jerusalem. He says, “Your history in the land of Canaan goes back a long way. Your father was an Amorite. Your mother was a Hittite.

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