Ezekiel 31:5
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.
4 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.
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.
7 It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
- WEB
- Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied. Its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it spread them out.
- ASV
- Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot [them] forth.
- DARBY
- Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long, because of great waters, when he shot forth.
- BLB
- Upon thus its height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long from the abundant waters in its sending forth.
- ÅB
- Derfor ble han høyere av vekst enn alle markens trær, og han fikk mange greiner og lange kvister, fordi det var så rikelig med vann der han bredte seg ut;
- OTB
- Slik steg den høyere enn alle trærne på marken;
dens greiner ble mange og dens grener strakte seg langt
på grunn av det rikelige vannet da den spredte dem ut. - B1930
- Derfor blev han høiere av vekst enn alle markens trær, og han fikk mange grener og lange kvister, fordi det var så rikelig med vann der han bredte sig ut;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 4:11
The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
Read in contextEzekiel 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:11–13
Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
Read in contextIsaiah 36:4
The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
Read in contextPsalms 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Read in contextPsalms 37:35–36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Read in contextIsaiah 36:18–19
Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
Read in contextIsaiah 10:8–14
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
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