Ezekiel 31:8

Pride

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.

The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

⁹ I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

¹⁰ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

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 cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
KJV: The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
WEB: The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it. The cypress trees were not like its branches. The pine trees were not like its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.
ASV: The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.
DARBY: The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; the cypresses were not like his boughs, and the plane-trees were not as his branches: no tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
BLB: The cedars could not darken it in the garden of God; the fir trees were not like unto its boughs, and the plane trees were not like its branches; there was no tree in the garden of God, not [any] like it in its beauty.

ÅB: Sedrene i Guds have stilte ham ikke i skyggen, cypresser var ikke å ligne med hans kvister, og lønnetrær var ikke som hans greiner; intet tre i Guds have var å ligne med ham i skjønnhet.
OTB: Sedrene i Guds hage kunne ikke måle seg med den,
heller ikke kunne einebuskene matche dens greiner,
heller ikke kunne platantrærne sammenlignes med dens grener—
intet tre i Guds hage kunne likestilles med dens skjønnhet.
B1930: Sedrene i Guds have stilte ham ikke i skyggen, cypresser var ikke å ligne med hans kvister, og lønnetrær var ikke som hans grener; intet tre i Guds have var å ligne med ham i skjønnhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
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Psalms 80:10
The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
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Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
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Genesis 2:8–9
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
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Ezekiel 31:18
Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
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Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
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Psalms 37:35
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
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