Ezekiel 31:13

What does Ezekiel 31:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 31:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

All the birds of heaven have come to rest on his broken stem where it is stretched on the earth, and all the beasts of the field will be on his branches:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

On his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

All the fowls of the air dwelt upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the field were among his branches.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Upon his fallen [trunk] do all the fowl of the heavens dwell, and all the beasts of the field are upon his branches:

Context

v.12And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

v.13This passage

v.14to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 32:4

    And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

  • Isaiah 18:6

    They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

  • Revelation 19:17

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come and be gathered together unto the great supper of God;

  • Ezekiel 29:5

    And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.

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