Ezekiel 17:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.”

Ezekiel 17:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 17:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 17:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““‘“He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.”

Ezekiel 17:5 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 17:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree. ”

Ezekiel 17:5 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 17:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.”

Ezekiel 17:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 17:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree. ”

Ezekiel 17:5 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 17:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Hee tooke also of the seede of the lande, and planted it in a fruitfull ground: hee placed it by great waters, and set it as a willowe tree.”

Ezekiel 17:5 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 17:5 in Context — Ezekiel 17

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

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What Does Ezekiel 17:5 Mean?

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