Ezekiel 31:7
New International Version
It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters.

New Living Translation
It was strong and beautiful, with wide-spreading branches, for its roots went deep into abundant water.

English Standard Version
It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down to abundant waters.

Berean Standard Bible
It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.

King James Bible
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

New King James Version
‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches, Because its roots reached to abundant waters.

New American Standard Bible
‘So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; For its roots extended to many waters.

NASB 1995
‘So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; For its roots extended to many waters.

NASB 1977
‘So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; For its roots extended to many waters.

Legacy Standard Bible
So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its foliage; For its roots extended to many waters.

Amplified Bible
‘So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; For its roots extended [downward] to great waters.

Christian Standard Bible
It was beautiful in its size, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant water.

American Standard Version
Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it was beautiful in its majesty and in the abundance of its branches, because its roots were in many waters

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water.

Contemporary English Version
It had beautiful, long branches, and its roots found water deep in the soil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he was most beautiful for his greatness, and for the spreading of his branches: for his root was near great waters.

English Revised Version
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by many waters.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So the tree was big and beautiful with its long branches. Its roots reached down to many sources of water.

Good News Translation
How beautiful the tree was--So tall, with such long branches. Its roots reached down to the deep-flowing streams.

International Standard Version
Beautiful because it was so great, with its long branches, it was rooted in many bodies of water.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus was it fair in its greatness, In the length of its branches; For its root was By many waters.

Literal Standard Version
And he is beautiful in his greatness, | In the length of his thin shoots, | For his root has been by great waters.

Majority Standard Bible
It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.

New American Bible
It was magnificent in size and in the length of its branches, For its roots reached down to the many waters.

NET Bible
It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

New Revised Standard Version
It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down to abundant water.

New Heart English Bible
Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

World English Bible
Thus it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

Young's Literal Translation
And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.

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Context
Egypt will Fall Like Assyria
6All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade. 7It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters. 8The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 31:6
All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.

Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

Daniel 4:12
Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.


Treasury of Scripture

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

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Ezekiel 31
1. A relation unto Pharaoh
3. of the glory of Assyria
10. and the fall thereof for pride
18. The like destruction of Egypt
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
It was beautiful
וַיְּיִ֣ף (way·yə·yip̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3302: To be bright, beautiful

in its greatness,
בְּגָדְל֔וֹ (bə·ḡā·ḏə·lōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1433: Magnitude

in the length
בְּאֹ֖רֶךְ (bə·’ō·reḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 753: Length

of its limbs,
דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו (dā·lî·yō·w·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1808: Something dangling, a bough

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

its roots
שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹ (šā·rə·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8328: A root

extended
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

abundant
רַבִּֽים׃ (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

waters.
מַ֥יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


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