Ezekiel 31:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.”

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BSBPD

“The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Waters have made it great, The deep hath exalted him with its flowings, Going round about its planting, And its conduits it hath sent forth unto all trees of the field.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 31:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 14:28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
  2. Jeremiah 51:36Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
  3. Ezekiel 17:5He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
  4. Ezekiel 17:8It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
  5. Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
  6. Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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