Ezekiel 19:10

What does Ezekiel 19:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 19:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thy mother <FI>is<Fi> as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood planted by the water: her fruit and her branches have grown out of many waters.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Context

v.9And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

v.10This passage

v.11And 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.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 89:25

    I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

  • Ezekiel 15:2

    Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

  • Numbers 24:6

    As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.

  • Hosea 2:2

    Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

  • Isaiah 5:1

    Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

  • Ezekiel 17:6

    And 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.

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