Limitless Word

Ezekiel 16:12

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT
I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
Ezekiel 16:12 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
  • KJV And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
  • NKJV And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
  • NASB I also put a ring in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
  • NLT a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Quick answer

He gave her a nose ring, earrings, and a beautiful crown. She was honored like royalty by God's hand.

Overview

The crown signals royal dignity; God elevated lowly Israel to the status of a queen. This recalls the height of the nation under David and Solomon. Every emblem of her exaltation came from the LORD, underscoring that her greatness was wholly His doing.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • Isa 3:21their signet rings and nose rings;
  • Isa 28:5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
  • Jer 13:18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (6)
BRIDEBRIDEGROOMCROWNJEWELSLINENNOSE

Resources, by level

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Ezekiel videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Ezekiel 16:12YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on EzekielMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The promise of one Shepherd-King David, a new heart and new Spirit, and the river of life flowing from the temple all stream toward Christ, the good Shepherd who gives the Spirit.

How Ezekiel 16:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.

And I putנָתַןa jewelנֶזֶםon thy foreheadאַףand earringsעָגִילin thine earsאֹזֶןand a beautifulתִּפְאָרָהcrownעֲטָרָהupon thine headרֹאשׁ
← Ezekiel 16:11Whole chapterEzekiel 16:13 →