Ezekiel 31:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Behold, 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.”

Ezekiel 31:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 31:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 31:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.”

Ezekiel 31:3 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 31:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs. ”

Ezekiel 31:3 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 31:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.”

Ezekiel 31:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 31:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature: and his top was amidst the thick boughs. ”

Ezekiel 31:3 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 31:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Beholde, Asshur was like a cedar in Lebanon with faire branches, and with thicke shadowing boughes, and shot vp very hye, and his toppe was among the thicke boughes.”

Ezekiel 31:3 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 31:3 in Context — Ezekiel 31

1 And 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,

2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

3 Behold, 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.

4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

5 Therefore 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.

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What Does Ezekiel 31:3 Mean?

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