Ezekiel 31:8

Ezekiel 31:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
• New International Version (NIV)The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor could the junipers equal its boughs, nor could the plane trees compare with its branches— no tree in the garden of God could match its beauty.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; neither were the plane trees like its branches; no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.

Context of Ezekiel 31:8

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. The cedar trees in God’s garden couldn’t compare to it. The pine trees couldn’t equal its branches. The plane trees couldn’t measure up to its branches. All the trees in God’s garden couldn’t match its beauty. 9I was the one who made it beautiful with its many branches. This tree was the envy of all the trees in Eden, in God’s garden. 10“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: The tree grew very tall, and its top reached the clouds. It became arrogant because it was so tall.

Ezekiel 31:8 word by word

אֲרָזִ֣ים לֹֽא־עֲמָמֻהוּ֮ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִים֒ בְּרוֹשִׁ֗ים לֹ֤א דָמוּ֙ אֶל־סְעַפֹּתָ֔יו וְעַרְמֹנִ֥ים לֹֽא־הָי֖וּ כְּפֹֽארֹתָ֑יו כָּל־עֵץ֙ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־דָמָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו בְּיָפְיֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The cedarsאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• in the gardenגַּןgan · gardenH1588
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• could not hideעָמַם‛âmam · to darkenH6004
• him: the fir treesבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
• were not likeדָּמָהdâmâh · to resembleH1819
• his boughsסְעַפָּהse‛appâh · boughH5589
• and the chesnut treesעַרְמוֹן‛armôn · plane treeH6196
• were not like his branchesפֹּארָהpe'ôrâh pôrâ'h pû'râh · boughH6288
• nor any treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• unto him in his beautyיֳפִיyŏphîy · beautyH3308

Cross-references for Ezekiel 31:8

• Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, God’s garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created.
• Genesis 2:8The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. That’s where he put the man whom he had formed.
• Genesis 13:10Then Lot looked in the direction of Zoar as far as he could see. He saw that the whole Jordan Plain was well-watered like the Lord’s garden or like Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Psalms 80:10Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars.
• Isaiah 51:3So the Lord will comfort Zion. He will comfort all those who live among its ruins. He will make its desert like Eden. He will make its wilderness like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
• Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked person ⌞acting like⌟ a tyrant, spreading himself out like a large cedar tree.
• Isaiah 10:7But that’s not what they intend to do. Their minds don’t work that way. Their purpose is to destroy and put an end to many nations.
• 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?

Commentaries on Ezekiel 31:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The cedars in the garden of God - Egypt was one of the most eminent and affluent of all the neighboring nations.Read the comment
• 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. 88. cedars ... could not hide him--could not outtop him. No other king eclipsed him. were not like--were not comparable to. garden of God--As in the case of Tyre (Eze 28:13), the imagery, that is applied to the Assyrian king, is taken from Eden; peculiarly appropriate, as Eden was watered by rivers that afterwards watered Assyria (Ge 2:10-14). This cedar seemed to revive in itself all the glories of paradise, so that no tree there outtopped it.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 31:8

• Chestnut Tree

In the dictionaries

• God
• Cedar
• Chestnut tree
• Egypt
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Fair
• Plane tree
• Branch ;bough
• Fir; Fir-Tree
• Garden

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