Egypt Cut Down Like a Great Tree
a‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.
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.
Its boughs were multiplied,
And its branches became long because of the abundance of water,
As it sent them out.
Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young;
And in its shadow all great nations1 made their home.
Because its roots reached to abundant waters.
The fir trees were not like its boughs,
And the1 chestnut trees were not like its branches;
No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
So that all the trees of Eden envied it,
That were in the garden of God.’
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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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