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Ezekiel 17:5

Ezekiel chapter 17 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He 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.

Context

v.4he 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.

v.5This passage

v.6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 24:17

    And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

  • Deuteronomy 8:7

    For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

  • Jeremiah 37:1

    And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

  • Isaiah 15:7

    Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.

  • Ezekiel 19:11

    And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

  • Ezekiel 17:13

    And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;