Revised Literal Translation
Ezekiel 31:5
5Therefore 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.1
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
3Behold, 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. 4The 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. 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. 6All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great 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
- 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 the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Isaiah 10:8For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
- Isaiah 36:4And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
- Isaiah 37:11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
- Daniel 4:11The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all 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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Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 31:5 when…: or, when it sent them forth. ↩
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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