Ezekiel 31:9
What does Ezekiel 31:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 31:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that <FI>are<Fi> in the garden of God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For I made him beautiful and thick set with many branches: and all the trees of pleasure, that were in the paradise of God, envied him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I had made him fair by the multitude of his branches; and all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden ofGod, envied him.
Context
v.8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.
v.9This passage
v.10Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 2:37
Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
- Ecclesiastes 4:4
Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
- Zechariah 11:2
Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.
- Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
- Ezekiel 28:13
Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.
- James 4:5
Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
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