Ezekiel 16:6
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New International Version (©1984)
"'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!"

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!' Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
" 'Then I went by you and saw you kicking around in your own blood. I said to you, "Live."

King James Bible
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

American King James Version
And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live; yes, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live.

American Standard Version
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live.

Bible in Basic English
And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stretched out in your blood, have life;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And passing by thee, I saw that thou wast trodden under foot in thy own blood. and I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood: Live: I have said to thee: Live in thy blood.

Darby Bible Translation
And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!

English Revised Version
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy own blood, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yes, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

World English Bible
When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live; yes, I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live.

Young's Literal Translation
And I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live.

Geneva Study Bible

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy {c} own blood, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

(c) Being thus in your filthiness and forsaken by all men, I took you and gave you life: by which is meant that before God wash his Church and give life, there is nothing but filthiness and death.

Wesley's Notes

16:6 When I passed by - God here speaks after the manner of men. Live - This is such a command as sends forth a power to effect what is commanded; he gave that life: he spake, and it was done.

King James Translators' Notes

polluted: or, trodden under foot

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

6. when I passed by-as if a traveller.

polluted in . blood-but Piscator, "ready to be trodden on."

I said-In contrast to Israel's helplessness stands God's omnipotent word of grace which bids the outcast little one "live."

in thy blood-Though thou wast foul with blood, I said, "Live" [Grotius]. "Live in thy blood," that is, Live, but live a life exposed to many deaths, as was the case in the beginnings of Israel's national existence, in order to magnify the grace of God [Calvin]. The former view is preferable. Spiritually, till the sinner is made sensible of his abject helplessness, he will not appreciate the provisions of God's grace.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This is done under the parable of an exposed infant rescued from death, educated, espoused, and richly provided for, but afterwards guilty of the most abandoned conduct, and punished for it; yet at last received into favour, and ashamed of her base conduct. We are not to judge of these expressions by modern ideas, but by those of the times and places in which they were used, where many of them would not sound as they do to us. The design was to raise hatred to idolatry, and such a parable was well suited for that purpose.


Ezekiel 16:5 "No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you. Rather you were thrown out into the open field, for you were abhorred on the day you were born.
Ezekiel 16:7 "I made you numerous like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine ornaments; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Yet you were naked and bare. (NASB ©1995)

Blood Kicking Life Live Passed Past Polluted Squirming Stretched Trodden Wallowing Wast Weltering


And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

and saw Ex 2:24,25 3:7,8 Ac 7:34

polluted. or, trodden under foot. Isa 14:19 51:23 Mic 7:10 Mt 5:13 Heb 10:29 Re 14:20

Live Eze 20:5-10 Ex 19:4-6 De 9:4 Ps 105:10-15,26-37 Joh 5:25 Ro 9:15 Eph 2:4,5 Tit 3:3-7

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