American Standard Version
"A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband! "
— Ezekiel 16:32, American Standard Version
“But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!”
“A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!”
““‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!”
“But is an adulteress, that bringeth in strangers over her husband.”
“The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!”
“But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!”
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;
in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.
A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.
And thou art different from other women in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different.
Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah: