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

3You are like mighty Assyria, which was once like a cedar of Lebanon, with beautiful branches that cast deep forest shade and with its top high among the clouds. 4Deep springs watered it and helped it to grow tall and luxuriant. The water flowed around it like a river, streaming to all the trees nearby. 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. 6The birds nested in its branches, and in its shade all the wild animals gave birth. All the great nations of the world lived in its shadow. 7It was strong and beautiful, with wide-spreading branches, for its roots went deep into abundant 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 wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
• Isaiah 10:8He will say, ‘Each of my princes will soon be a king.
• Isaiah 36:4Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
• Isaiah 37:11You know perfectly well what the kings of Assyria have done wherever they have gone. They have completely destroyed everyone who stood in their way! Why should you be any different?
• Daniel 4:11The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.

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