Ezekiel 31:8-10
American Standard Version
8 The 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. 9 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. 10 Therefore thus [a]said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the [b]thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
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- Ezekiel 31:10 Or, saith
- Ezekiel 31:10 Or, clouds
Ezekiel 31:8-10
New International Version
8 The cedars(A) in the garden of God
could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(B)
compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
could match its beauty.(C)
9 I made it beautiful
with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(D)
in the garden of God.(E)
10 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud(F) of its height,
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