Ezekiel 31:10

Ezekiel 31:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because it towered high and set its top among the clouds, and its heart was proud of its height,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted up in its height,

Context of Ezekiel 31:10

8The cedars in the garden of God could not compare with it. No cypress trees could rival its boughs. No plane-trees could match its branches. No tree in the garden of God could compare to its beauty. 9I made it beautiful with its many limbs. All the trees of Eden in God’s garden envied it.’” Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “Because you were exalted in height —its top set up among leafy branches, its heart haughty in its height— 11I gave it into the hand of a ruler of nations, who surely dealt with it. I drove it out as befits its wickedness. 12Ruthless barbarians from the nations cut it down. They cast it down on the mountains and in all the valleys its branches fell. Its branches have laid broken in all the streambeds of the land. All the people of the earth have come out from its shade and abandoned it.

Ezekiel 31:10 word by word

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֕עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּבַ֖הְתָּ בְּקוֹמָ֑ה וַיִּתֵּ֤ן צַמַּרְתּוֹ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ין עֲבוֹתִ֔ים וְרָ֥ם לְבָב֖וֹ בְּגָבְהֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• Because thou hast lifted upגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• thyself in heightקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967
• and he hath shot upנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• his topצַמֶּ֫רֶתtsammereth · treetopH6788
• among the thick boughsעֲבֹת‛ăbôth ‛ăbôth ‛ăbôthâh · cordH5688
• and his heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• is lifted upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• in his heightגֹּ֫בַהּgôbahh · heightH1363

Cross-references for Ezekiel 31:10

• Matthew 23:12Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
• Ezekiel 31:14So none of all the trees by the water should exalt themselves in their height or set their top among the leafy boughs. None of their well-watered mighty ones should attain their height. For they have all been given to death, to the lowest regions under the earth, among the children of men who go down to the Pit.”
• Ezekiel 28:17Your heart was exalted because of your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. I threw you down to the earth. Before kings I set you up as a spectacle.
• 2 Chronicles 25:19You say, ‘Behold, I have defeated Edom.’ So now your heart has become arrogant and proud. Stay home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah with you?”
• 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah did not respond according to the favor done to him. His heart became haughty, so wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
• Job 11:11For He knows deceitful men; when He sees wickedness, does he not consider it?
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Proverbs 18:12Before ruin a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit upon the mount of meeting, in the uttermost parts of the north.
• Daniel 4:30Immediately the word about Ne­buchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
• Daniel 5:20But when his heart became haughty and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
• Obadiah 1:3The arrogance of your heart has deceived you— living in the clefts of the rock—his dwelling place is lofty, saying in his heart: ‘Who shall bring me down to the earth?’
• James 4:6But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 31:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 Assyria‘s fall. Ezekiel 31:11 More accurately: Therefore I will deliver him, etc … he shall surely deal with him. I have driven him out, etc. Ezekiel 31:14 Their trees - Rather, as in the margin, “standing unto themselves” meaning “standing in their own strength.” The clause will then run thus: “Neither all that drink water stand up” in their own strength. “All that drink water” means mighty princes to whom wealth and prosperity flow in. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 The king of Egypt resembled the king of Assyria in his greatness: here we see he resembles him in his pride. And he shall resemble him in his fall. His own sin brings his ruin. None of our comforts are ever lost, but what have been a thousand times forfeited. When great men fall, many fall with them, as many have fallen before them. The fall of proud men is for warning to others, to keep them humble. See how low Pharaoh lies; and see what all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Egypt forgot that God created her beauty, and she became proud and arrogant. Like Tyre, such pride would lead to a fall. The God who placed Egypt in a high position would send a powerful nation to destroy it, as its wickedness deserved. I have banished it: The human agent would only be carrying out what God had already decided.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. thou ... he--The change of persons is because the language refers partly to the cedar, partly to the person signified by the cedar.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 31:10

• Pride
• Self-Exaltation

In the dictionaries

• God
• Egypt
• Fair
• 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