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Ezekiel 31:8-10
English Standard Version
Ezekiel 31:8-10
English Standard Version
8 (A)The cedars (B)in the garden of God could not rival it,
nor the fir trees equal its boughs;
neither were the plane trees
like its branches;
no tree (C)in the garden of God
was its equal in beauty.
9 I made it beautiful
in the mass of its branches,
and all the trees of (D)Eden envied it,
that were in the garden of God.
10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because (E)it[a] towered high and set its top among the clouds,[b] and (F)its heart was proud of its height,
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- Ezekiel 31:10 Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew you
- Ezekiel 31:10 Or its top through the thick boughs
Ezekiel 31:8-10
New International Version
Ezekiel 31:8-10
New International Version
8 The cedars(A) in the garden of God
could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(B)
compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
could match its beauty.(C)
9 I made it beautiful
with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(D)
in the garden of God.(E)
10 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud(F) of its height,
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