• Ezekiel 16:8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 8 “‘When I was passing by and saw you, I noticed that you were old enough for expressions of love. So I spread my garment* over you+ and covered your nakedness and made an oath and entered into a covenant with you,’ declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah, ‘and you became mine.

  • Ezekiel 16:8
    The Bible in Living English

    • 8 And I passed by you and saw you and found your age was the age for lovemaking; and I spread the flap of my garment over you and covered your nudity, and swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, quoth the Lord Jehovah, and you became mine.

  • Ezekiel 16:8
    American Standard Version

    • 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

  • Ezekiel 16:8
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 8 And I passed by thee and looked upon thee and lo! thy time was the time for endearments, So I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy shame,—And took an oath to thee And entered into covenant with thee, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, And thou didst become mine.

  • Ezekiel 16:8
    King James Version

    • 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.