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Ezekiel 31:5

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.

KJV

Propterea elevata est altitudo ejus super omnia ligna regionis, et multiplicata sunt arbusta ejus, et elevati sunt rami ejus præ aquis multis.

Vulgate

ἕνεκεν τούτου ὑψώθη τὸ μέγεθος αὐτοῦ παρὰ πάντα τὰ ξύλα τοῦ πεδίου, καὶ ἐπλατύνθησαν οἱ κλάδοι αὐτοῦ ἀφ’ ὕδατος πολλοῦ.

LXX

Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot them forth.

ASV

עַל כֵּן֙ גָּבְהָ֣א קֹמָת֔/וֹ מִ/כֹּ֖ל עֲצֵ֣י הַ/שָּׂדֶ֑ה וַ/תִּרְבֶּ֨ינָה סַֽרְעַפֹּתָ֜י/ו וַ/תֶּאֱרַ֧כְנָה פארת/ו פֹארֹתָ֛י/ו מִ/מַּ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים בְּ/שַׁלְּחֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גָּבַ֤הּ
gbh
verb · 34×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
ו
v
pronoun · 1×
ו
v
noun · 8×
וֹ
v
noun · 46×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
ן
n
verb · 34×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 4:11 — The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
  • 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.