Ezekiel 31:9

⁷ Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

⁸ 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.

I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

¹⁰ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

¹¹ I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.

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.

Compare

BSB: I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
KJV: I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
WEB: I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.’
ASV: I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
DARBY: I had made him fair by the multitude of his branches; and all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
BLB: Beautiful I made it with an abundance of branches, and envied all the trees of Eden that [were] in the garden of God.’

ÅB: Fager hadde jeg gjort ham i hans rikdom på greiner, og alle Edens trær i Guds have misunte ham.
OTB: Jeg gjorde den vakker med mengden av dens grener,
og alle trærne i Eden i Guds hage misunte den.
B1930: Fager hadde jeg gjort ham i hans rikdom på grener, og alle Edens trær i Guds have misunte ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 75:6–7
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
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Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
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Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
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Daniel 2:37–38
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
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Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
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Psalms 96:12–13
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
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Genesis 37:11
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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Exodus 9:16
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
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