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Ezekiel 31:4

Pride

2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?

3 Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

5 Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

6 All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.
KJV
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
WEB
The waters nourished it. The deep made it to grow. Its rivers ran all around its plantation. It sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
ASV
The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field.
DARBY
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high; its streams ran round about his plantation, and it sent out its rivulets unto all the trees of the field.
BLB
The waters made it grow, the deep gave it height with her rivers running around the place of her planting, and her conduits she sent out to all the trees of the field.
ÅB
Vannet gjorde ham stor, vanndypet gjorde ham høy; med sine strømmer gikk det rundt om det sted hvor han var plantet, og sendte sine vannløp ut til alle markens trær.
OTB
Vannet næret den, de dype kildene fikk den til å vokse høy.
Dens bekker fløt rundt dens planteplass
og sendte kanaler til alle trærne på marken.
B1930
Vannet gjorde ham stor, vanndypet gjorde ham høi; med sine strømmer gikk det rundt om det sted hvor han var plantet, og sendte sine vannløp ut til alle markens trær.

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Cross references

  • Revelation 17:15

    Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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  • Proverbs 14:28

    A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

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  • Ezekiel 17:8

    It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

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  • Ezekiel 17:5

    He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.

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  • Revelation 17:1

    Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

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  • Jeremiah 51:36

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

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