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Ezekiel 16:14

Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

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ASV

And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֨צֵאvai.Ye.tze'and it went outH3318 →
לָ֥ךְlakhof you
שֵׁ֛םshemnameH8034 →
בַּגּוֹיִ֖םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471 →
בְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְbe.ya.fe.Yekhon beauty yourH3308 →
כִּ֣י׀kiforH3588 →
כָּלִ֣ילka.Lil[was] perfectH3632 →
ה֗וּאHu'itH1931 →
בַּֽהֲדָרִי֙ba.ha.da.Rion splendor myH1926 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
שַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiI had putH7760 →
עָלַ֔יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921 →
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →

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Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”1 Kings 10:24The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.Ezekiel 5:5This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.Song of Solomon 1:5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.Deuteronomy 4:6–8Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?1 Kings 10:1–13Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.2 Chronicles 2:11–12Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”Deuteronomy 4:32–38Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?Joshua 9:6–9They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”2 Chronicles 9:23All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.Joshua 2:9–11and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.Ezekiel 31:9I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’Song of Solomon 4:1How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.Numbers 16:2a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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