Ezekiel 31:9
Ezekiel 31:1-9 The Message (MSG)
In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, GOD’s Message came to me: “Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, that pompous old goat: “‘Who do you, astride the world, think you really are? Look! Assyria was a Big Tree, huge as a Lebanon cedar, beautiful limbs offering cool shade, Skyscraper high, piercing the clouds. The waters gave it drink, the primordial deep lifted it high, Gushing out rivers around the place where it was planted, And then branching out in streams to all the trees in the forest. It was immense, dwarfing all the trees in the forest— Thick boughs, long limbs, roots delving deep into earth’s waters. All the birds of the air nested in its boughs. All the wild animals gave birth under its branches. All the mighty nations lived in its shade. It was stunning in its majesty— the reach of its branches! the depth of its water-seeking roots! Not a cedar in God’s garden came close to it. No pine tree was anything like it. Mighty oaks looked like bushes growing alongside it. Not a tree in God’s garden was in the same class of beauty. I made it beautiful, a work of art in limbs and leaves, The envy of every tree in Eden, every last tree in God’s garden.’”
Ezekiel 31:9 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Ezekiel 31:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, And all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.
Ezekiel 31:9 New Century Version (NCV)
I made it beautiful with many branches, and all the trees of Eden in the garden of God wanted to be like it.
Ezekiel 31:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Ezekiel 31:9 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God.
Ezekiel 31:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied it, That were in the garden of God.’
Ezekiel 31:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I made it beautiful with the great mass of its branches, So that all the trees of Eden which were in the garden of God were jealous of it (Assyria).
Ezekiel 31:9 New Living Translation (NLT)
Because I made this tree so beautiful, and gave it such magnificent foliage, it was the envy of all the other trees of Eden, the garden of God.