Ezekiel Chapter 23 verse 43 Holy Bible

ASV Ezekiel 23:43

Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she `with them'.
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BBE Ezekiel 23:43

Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways.
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DARBY Ezekiel 23:43

And I said of her that was old in adulteries, Will she now commit her fornications, even she.
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KJV Ezekiel 23:43

Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
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WEB Ezekiel 23:43

Then said I of her who was old in adulteries, Now will they play the prostitute with her, and she [with them].
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YLT Ezekiel 23:43

And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms -- she also!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 43. - The whole verse is obscure, and has been very differently rendered. (1) The Authorized Version may be paraphrased, "Then said I to her that was worn out with her whoredoms, passed her prime and enfeebled, Will they (the foreign nations) commit whoredoms (enter into alliances) with her? sc. What is there to attract now? And yet the habit is inveterate. She has grown old in her vice, and cannot cease from it." (2) The Revised Version takes it not as a question, but as a statement: Now said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they commit, etc. So, in the main, Keil. The text is probably corrupt, and resists conjectural emendation. In any case the general meaning is clear. The sin is of too long standing to be cured.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(43) Will they now commit?--This should not be made a question, nor should the opening of Ezekiel 23:44 be made adversative. The thought is that, after all means of reclamation had failed, God gave her up to her sins. Translate, Now shall her whoredom be committed, even this. And they went in, &c.