Ezekiel 31:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.”

Ezekiel 31:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 31:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 31:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it. The cypress trees were not like its branches. The pine trees were not like its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.”

Ezekiel 31:8 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 31:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Ezekiel 31:8 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 31:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,”

Ezekiel 31:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 31:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The cedars in the garden ofGod could not hide him; the cypresses were not like his boughs, and the plane-trees were not as his branches: no tree in the garden ofGod was like unto him in his beauty. ”

Ezekiel 31:8 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 31:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The cedars in the garden of God coulde not hide him: no firre tree was like his branches, and the chessenut trees were not like his boughes: all the trees in the garden of God were not like vnto him in his beautie.”

Ezekiel 31:8 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 31:8 in Context — Ezekiel 31

6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

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

8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

10 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

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