Ezekiel 31:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 31:3

Egypt Cut Down Like a Great Tree

1 Now it came to pass in the ^aeleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
^a‘Whom are you like in your greatness?

3 ^aIndeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.

4 ^aThe waters made it grow;
Underground waters gave it height,
With their rivers running around the place where it was planted,
And sent out¹ rivulets to all the trees of the field.

5 ‘Therefore ^aits height was exalted above all the trees of the field;
Its boughs were multiplied,
And its branches became long because of the abundance of water,
As it sent them out.

6 All the ^abirds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs;
Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young;
And in its shadow all great nations¹ made their home.

7 ‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches,
Because its roots reached to abundant waters.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 31:3

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American Standard Version
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

Amplified® Bible
Behold, [I will liken you to] Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with forestlike shade and of high stature, with its top among the thick boughs [even among the clouds].

Contemporary English Version
There was once a cedar tree in Lebanon with large, strong branches reaching to the sky.

Darby English Version
Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature: and his top was amidst the thick boughs.

Good News Bible
You are like a cedar in Lebanon, With beautiful, shady branches, A tree so tall it reaches the clouds.

King James Version
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

New American Standard Bible
`Behold, Assyria {was} a cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and forest shade, And very high, And its top was among the clouds.

New International Version
Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon,
with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
its top above the thick foliage.

New King James Version
Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Behold, Assyria grew as a cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and forest shade, And very high, And its top appears among the clouds.

Revised Standard Version
Behold, I will liken you to a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and forest shade, and of great height, its top among the clouds.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.

New English Translation
Consider Assyria,¹ a cedar in Lebanon,² with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade, and extremely tall; its top reached into the clouds.

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