Ezekiel 31 · Verse 13

Ezekiel 31:13

Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
Ezekiel 31:13, King James Version

Ezekiel 31:13 in other translations

BSBAll the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
WEBAll the birds of the sky will dwell on his ruin, and all the animals of the field will be on his branches,
ASVUpon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;
YLTOn his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,
DARBYUpon his fallen trunk do all the fowl of the heavens dwell, and all the beasts of the field are upon his branches:
BBEAll 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:
WebsterUpon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

What does Ezekiel 31:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. Birds and beasts shall insult over his fallen trunk.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls - The fall of Egypt is likened to the fall of a great tree; and as the fowls and beasts sheltered under its branches before, Eze 31:6, so they now feed upon its ruins.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 31:10-18

The king of Egypt resembled the king of Assyria in his greatness: here we see he resembles him in his pride. And he shall resemble him in his fall. His own sin brings his ruin. None of our comforts are ever lost, but what have been a thousand times forfeited. When great men fall, many fall with them, as many have fallen before them. The fall of proud men is for warning to others, to keep them humble. See how low…

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Ezekiel 31:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַל\־'al-onH5921
מַפַּלְתּ֥וֹma.pal.Tofallen trunk itsH4658
יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּyish.ke.Nuthey dweltH7931
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
ע֣וֹףof<the> bird ofH5775
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
פֹּארֹתָ֣יוpo.ro.Tavbranches itsH6288
הָי֔וּha.Yuthey cameH1961
כֹּ֖לkoleveryH3605
חַיַּ֥תchai.Yat<the> animal ofH2416
הַשָּׂדֶֽה\׃ha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 31:13

  • Ezekiel 32:4

    Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

  • Isaiah 18:6

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

  • Ezekiel 29:5

    And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

  • Revelation 19:17-18

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
29:5; 32:4; Isa 18:6; Re 19:17,18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 31:12

    And 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 rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

  • Ezekiel 31:13

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

  • Ezekiel 31:14

    To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, 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.

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Ezekiel 31:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sobre su ruina habitarán todas las aves del cielo, y sobre su ramas estarán todas las bestias del campo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tous les oiseaux des cieux demeurent sur son tronc renversé, et toutes les bêtes des champs sont sur ses branches;
German
Elberfelder 1871		auf seinen umgefallenen Stamm ließen sich alle Vögel des Himmels nieder, und über seine Äste kamen alle Tiere des Feldes:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In ruina ejus habitaverunt omnia volatilia cæli, et in ramis ejus fuerunt universæ bestiæ regionis.