Ezekiel 17:5
What does Ezekiel 17:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 17:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He 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 · 1611He 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 · 1901He 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he took of the seed of the land, and put it in the ground for seed, that it might take a firm root over many waters: he planted it on the surface of the earth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great 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;
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