Ezekiel 31:5

Ezekiel 31:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches long from abundant water in its shoots.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Therefore its 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.

Context of Ezekiel 31:5

3What about Assyria? It was a cedar in Lebanon with fine branches that shaded the forest. It was very tall. Its top was among the clouds. 4Water made the tree grow, and underground springs made it tall. Rivers flowed around the place where the tree was planted. Streams ran beside all the other trees around it. That is why it grew taller than all the other trees in the field. Its branches became large and long because of so much water. 6All the birds made their nests in its branches. All the wild animals gave birth to their young under it. All the powerful nations lived in its shade. 7So the tree was big and beautiful with its long branches. Its roots reached down to many sources of water.

Ezekiel 31:5 word by word

עַל־כֵּן֙ גָּבְהָ֣א קֹמָת֔וֹ מִכֹּ֖ל עֲצֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וַתִּרְבֶּ֨ינָה סַֽרְעַפֹּתָ֜יו וַתֶּאֱרַ֧כְנָה פֹארֹתָ֛יו מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים בְּשַׁלְּחֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore his heightקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967
• was exaltedגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• above all the treesעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• and his boughsסַרְעַפָּהsar‛appâh · boughH5634
• were multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• and his branchesפֹּארָהpe'ôrâh pôrâ'h pû'râh · boughH6288
• became longאָרַךְ'ârak · to prolongH748
• because of the multitudeרַבrab · manyH7227
• of watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• when he shot forthשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971

Cross-references for Ezekiel 31:5

• Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked person ⌞acting like⌟ a tyrant, spreading himself out like a large cedar tree.
• Isaiah 10:8They ask, ‘Aren’t all our commanders kings?
• Isaiah 36:4The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What makes you so confident?
• Isaiah 37:11You heard what the kings of Assyria did to all countries, how they totally destroyed them. Will you be rescued?
• Daniel 4:11The tree grew, and it became strong enough and tall enough to reach the sky. It could be seen everywhere on earth.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 31:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-9Verses 3-9 Fifth prophecy against Egypt: a warning to Pharaoh from the fate of the Assyrians. The Assyrian empire, after having been supreme in Asia for four centuries, had been overthrown by the united forces of the Babylonians and Medes, in the year of the battle of Carchemish (605 b.c.), which had broken the power of Egypt. This gives force to the warning to Egypt from Assyria‘s fall. Ezekiel 31:4 His plants - Rather, her plantation. The water…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-18Ezekiel asked the Egyptians to compare themselves to Assyria, which was like a great tree in Eden (Ezekiel 31:9). If that tree was cut down and sent to the underworld, how could Egypt, whose glory was less than Assyria's, believe it could survive?Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. when he shot forth--because of the abundant moisture which nourished him in shooting forth. But see Margin.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Cedar
• Egypt
• Fair
• Branch ;bough
• Glory
• Height; Heights
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Ezekiel 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings