Ezekiel 17:4
What does Ezekiel 17:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 17:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
Context
v.3and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
v.4This passage
v.5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 18:3
For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.
- Jeremiah 51:13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.
- Isaiah 47:15
Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.
- Isaiah 43:14
Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
- Revelation 18:11
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;
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