Ezekiel 31:4
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
Ezekiel 31:4 in other translations
| BSB | The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. |
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| WEB | The waters nourished it. The deep made it to grow. Its rivers ran all around its plantation. It sent out its channels to all the trees of the field. |
| ASV | The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field. |
| YLT | Waters have made it great, The deep hath exalted him with its flowings, Going round about its planting, And its conduits it hath sent forth unto all trees of the field. |
| DARBY | The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high; its streams ran round about his plantation, and it sent out its rivulets unto all the trees of the field. |
| BBE | It got strength from the waters and the deep made it tall: its streams went round about its planted land and it sent out its waterways to all the trees of the field. |
| Webster | The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round his plants, and sent out her little rivers to all the trees of the field. |
What does Ezekiel 31:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 31:1-9
The glory of Assyria. (Ezek 31:1-9) Its fall, and the like for Egypt. (Ezek 31:10-18) Verses 1-9 The falls of others, both into sin and ruin, warn us not to be secure or high-minded. The prophet is to show an instance of one whom the king of Egypt resembled in greatness, the Assyrian, compared to a stately cedar. Those who excel others, make themselves the objects of envy; but the blessings of the heavenly paradise…
Ezekiel 31:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 31:4
- Revelation 17:15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
- Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
- Ezekiel 17:8
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
- Ezekiel 17:5
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
- Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
- Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
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Context
- Ezekiel 31:3
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.
- Ezekiel 31:4
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
- Ezekiel 31:5
Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
Ezekiel 31:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las aguas lo hicieron crecer, encumbrólo el abismo: sus ríos iban alrededor de su pie, y á todos los árboles del campo enviaba sus corrientes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les eaux l’ont fait grandir, l’abîme l’a élevé en hauteur; ses rivières coulaient autour de ses plants, et il envoyait ses canaux à tous les arbres des champs. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Wasser zogen ihn groß, die Flut machte ihn hoch; ihre Ströme gingen rings um ihre Pflanzung, und sie entsandte ihre Kanäle zu allen Bäumen des Feldes; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Aquæ nutrierunt illum; abyssus exaltavit illum: flumina ejus manabant in circuitu radicum ejus, et rivos suos emisit ad universa ligna regionis. |