Ezekiel 31:9

Ezekiel 31:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
• New International Version (NIV)I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I made it beautiful in the mass of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied it, That were in the garden of God.’

Context of Ezekiel 31:9

7It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was in abundant water. 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. I made it beautiful with its many limbs. All the trees of Eden in God’s garden envied it.’” 10Therefore 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.

Ezekiel 31:9 word by word

יָפֶ֣ה עֲשִׂיתִ֔יו בְּרֹ֖ב דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו וַיְקַנְאֻ֙הוּ֙ כָּל־עֲצֵי־עֵ֔דֶן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּגַ֥ן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• him fairיָפֶהyâpheh · beautifulH3303
• by the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of his branchesדָּלִיּוֹתdâlîyâh · branchH1808
• so that all the treesעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• of Edenעֵ֫דֶן‛êden · EdenH5731
• in the gardenגַּןgan · gardenH1588
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• enviedקָנָאqânâ' · be jealousH7065

Cross-references for Ezekiel 31:9

• Ezekiel 16:14Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect, through My splendor, which I bestowed on you.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Exodus 9:16However, I have let you stand for this reason: to show you My power, and that My Name might be proclaimed throughout all the earth.
• Psalms 75:6Do not lift your horn up high. Do not speak with outstretched neck.”
• Daniel 2:21He changes times and seasons. He removes kings and installs kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
• Daniel 4:22“You will be driven away from people and will dwell with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass over you until you know that the Most High is sovereign over the realm of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.
• 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.
• Ezekiel 17:22Thus says Adonai Elohim: “I, even I, will take from a sprig from the top of the lofty cedar and will plant it. I will crop off a tender twig from the topmost of its young shoots, and I will plant it on a tall and prominent mountain.
• Judges 9:8Once the trees set out to anoint a king over them. So they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
• Isaiah 55:12“Yes, you will go out with joy and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills will break forth before you singing, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands!
• Zechariah 11:2Wail, cypress tree! For the cedar has fallen. Those majestic ones are devastated. Wail, oaks of Bashan! For the thick forest is cut down!
• Genesis 26:14He acquired livestock of sheep and livestock of cattle, and numerous servants. Then the Philistines envied him.
• Genesis 37:11So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the speech in mind.
• 1 Samuel 18:15When Saul saw that he had great success, he dreaded him.
• Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
• Ecclesiastes 4:4Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.
• James 4:5Or do you think that in vain the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which He made to dwell in us”?

Commentaries on Ezekiel 31:9

• 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. 99. I ... made him--It was all due to My free grace.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