Ezekiel 31:2-4
Good News Translation
2 “Mortal man,” he said, “say to the king of Egypt and all his people:
How powerful you are!
What can I compare you to?
3 You are like[a] a cedar in Lebanon,
With beautiful, shady branches,
A tree so tall it reaches the clouds.[b]
4 There was water to make it grow,
And underground rivers to feed it.
They watered the place where the tree was growing
And sent streams to all the trees of the forest.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 31:3 Probable text You are like; Hebrew Assyria is.
- Ezekiel 31:3 One ancient translation clouds; Hebrew thick branches.
Ezekiel 31:2-4
King James Version
2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
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Ezekiel 31:2-4
English Standard Version
2 (A)“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to (B)his multitude:
(C)“Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 Behold, (D)Assyria was a (E)cedar in (F)Lebanon,
with beautiful branches and (G)forest shade,
(H)and of towering height,
its top among the clouds.[a]
4 The waters nourished it;
the deep made it grow tall,
making (I)its rivers flow
around the place of its planting,
sending forth its streams
to all the trees of the field.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 31:3 Or its top went through the thick boughs
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