Ezekiel 17:8
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
KJV
In terra bona super aquas multas plantata est, ut faciat frondes, et portet fructum, ut sit in vineam grandem.
Vulgate
εἰς πεδίον καλὸν ἐφ’ ὕδατι πολλῷ αὕτη πιαίνεται, τοῦ ποιεῖν βλαστοὺς καὶ φέρειν καρπόν, τοῦ εἶναι εἰς ἄμπελον μεγάλην.
LXX
It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
ASV
אֶל שָׂ֥דֶה טּ֛וֹב אֶל מַ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים הִ֣יא שְׁתוּלָ֑ה לַ/עֲשׂ֤וֹת עָנָף֙ וְ/לָ/שֵׂ֣את פֶּ֔רִי לִ/הְי֖וֹת לְ/גֶ֥פֶן אַדָּֽרֶת
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 31:4 — The 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.
- Job 15:32 — It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
- Ps 1:3 — And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.