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The (A)cedars in (B)God’s garden [a]could not match it;
The [b]cypresses [c]could not liken themselves with its boughs,
And the plane trees were not like its branches.
No tree in (C)God’s garden [d]could liken itself with it in its beauty.
I made it beautiful with the multitude of its foliage,
And all the trees of (D)Eden, which were in the (E)garden of God, were jealous of it.

10 ‘Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because [e]it is lofty in height and has put its top among the [f]clouds, and its (F)heart is high up in its loftiness,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
  2. Ezekiel 31:8 Or Phoenician junipers
  3. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
  4. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
  5. Ezekiel 31:10 Lit you are
  6. Ezekiel 31:10 Or thick boughs