Ezekiel 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.
KJV
Aquæ nutrierunt illum ; abyssus exaltavit illum : flumina ejus manabant in circuitu radicum ejus, et rivos suos emisit ad universa ligna regionis.
Vulgate
ὕδωρ ἐξέθρεψεν αὐτόν, ἡ ἄβυσσος ὕψωσεν αὐτόν, τοὺς ποταμοὺς αὐτῆς ἤγαγεν κύκλῳ τῶν φυτῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ συστέματα αὐτῆς ἐξαπέστειλεν ⸆ εἰς πάντα τὰ ξύλα τοῦ πεδίου.
LXX
The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field.
ASV
מַ֣יִם גִּדְּל֔וּ/הוּ תְּה֖וֹם רֹֽמְמָ֑תְ/הוּ אֶת נַהֲרֹתֶ֗י/הָ הֹלֵךְ֙ סְבִיב֣וֹת מַטָּעָ֔/הּ וְ/אֶת תְּעָלֹתֶ֣י/הָ שִׁלְחָ֔ה אֶ֖ל כָּל עֲצֵ֥י הַ/שָּׂדֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 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 17:5 — He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
- Ezek 17:7 — There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furro
- Ezek 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.
- Jer 17:8 — For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of
- Prov 14:28 — In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
- Rev 17:1 — And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
- Rev 17:15 — And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.