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Ezekiel 31:9

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I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

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Ezekiel 31:9 in other translations

I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches,
so that all the trees of Eden,
that were in the garden of God, envied it.’

Ezekiel 31:9 · World English Bible

Ezekiel 31:9 in context

  1. 7Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
  2. 8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.
  3. 9I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
  4. 10Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
  5. 11I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.