New International Version
Ezekiel 31:5
5So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)This great tree towered high, higher than all the other trees around it. It prospered and grew long thick branches because of all the water at its roots.
Context of Ezekiel 31:5
3Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage. 4The waters nourished it, deep springs made it grow tall; their streams flowed all around its base and sent their channels to all the trees of the field. So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters. 6All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs, all the animals of the wild gave birth under its branches; all the great nations lived in its shade. 7It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters.
Read all of Ezekiel 31Ezekiel 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 and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
- Isaiah 10:8‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says.
- Isaiah 36:4The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: “ ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours?
- Isaiah 37:11Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered?
- Daniel 4:11The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the 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
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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
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