Ezekiel 31 - Compare Translations
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Ezekiel 31:1
KJVAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
WEBIn the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:
Ezekiel 31:2
KJVSon of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
WEB“Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his multitude:
YLT`Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and unto his multitude: To whom hast thou been like in thy greatness?
Ezekiel 31:3
KJVBehold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
WEBBehold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon
YLTLo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.
Ezekiel 31:4
KJVThe waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
WEBThe waters nourished it.
YLTWaters 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.
Ezekiel 31:5
KJVTherefore 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.
WEBTherefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field;
YLTTherefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,
Ezekiel 31:6
KJVAll the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
WEBAll the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs.
YLTIn his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations.
Ezekiel 31:7
KJVThus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
WEBThus was it beautiful in its greatness,
YLTAnd he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.
Ezekiel 31:8
KJVThe cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
WEBThe cedars in the garden of God could not hide it.
YLTCedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,
Ezekiel 31:9
KJVI 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.
WEBI made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches,
YLTFair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that [are] in the garden of God.
Ezekiel 31:10
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Ezekiel 31:11
KJVI have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
WEBI will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations. He will surely deal with him. I have driven him out for his wickedness.
YLTI give him into the hand of a god of nations, He dealeth sorely with him, In his wickedness I have cast him out.
Ezekiel 31:12
KJVAnd strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
WEBStrangers, the tyrants of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him. His branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land. All the peoples of the earth have gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
YLTAnd cut him off do strangers, The terrible of nations, and they leave him, On the mountains and in all valleys have his thin shoots fallen, And broken are his boughs at all streams of the land, And go down from his shade do all peoples of the land, and they leave him.
Ezekiel 31:13
KJVUpon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
WEBAll the birds of the sky will dwell on his ruin, and all the animals of the field will be on his branches;
YLTOn his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,
Ezekiel 31:14
KJVTo the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
WEBto the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, and don’t set their top among the thick boughs. Their mighty ones don’t stand up on their height, even all who drink water; for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, among the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.’
YLTIn order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up unto them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, Unto the earth -- the lower part, In the midst of the sons of men, Unto those going down to the pit.
Ezekiel 31:15
KJVThus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
WEB“Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers. The great waters were stopped. I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
YLTThus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to sheol I have caused mourning, I have covered for him the deep, and diminish its flowings, And restrained are many waters, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field have been covered for him.
Ezekiel 31:16
KJVI made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
WEBI made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit. All the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
YLTFrom the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth -- the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters.
Ezekiel 31:17
KJVThey also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
WEBThey also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, who lived under his shadow in the middle of the nations.
YLTAlso they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And -- his arm -- they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations.
Ezekiel 31:18
KJVTo whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
WEB“‘To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth. You will lie in the middle of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.
YLTUnto whom hast thou been thus like, In honour and in greatness among the trees of Eden, And thou hast been brought down with the trees of Eden, Unto the earth -- the lower part, In the midst of the uncircumcised thou liest, With the pierced of the sword? It [is] Pharaoh, and all his multitude, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
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