Ezekiel 17:4 Parallel Translations

It broke off the highest twig and carried it to a country of merchants. It planted the twig in a city of merchants.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

BBE:

Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.

DBY:

He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.

ERV:

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

JPS:

He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

WBS:

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

WEB:

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

YLT:

The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.

Ezekiel 17:4 Cross References

XREF:

Ezekiel 17:3 saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "A great eagle with great wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

Ezekiel 17:5 "He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a willow. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:4 He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of {b} trade; he set it in a city of merchants.
(b) Meaning to Babylon.

WES:

17:4 The top - Both the king of Judah, now eighteen years old, and the nobles and chief of the land. Into a land - Babylon, which was a city of mighty trade.

MHC:

17:1-10 Mighty conquerors are aptly likened to birds or beasts of prey, but their destructive passions are overruled to forward God's designs. Those who depart from God, only vary their crimes by changing one carnal confidence for another, and never will prosper.

CONC:

Biting Branches Bringeth Broke Canaan Carried Cropped Highest Merchants Placed Planted Plucked Shoot Shoots Tender Thereof Topmost Town Trade Traders Traffic Traffick Twigs

Biting Branches Broke Canaan Carried City Highest Merchants Placed Planted Plucked Shoot Shoots Tender Thereof Top Topmost Trade Traders Traffic Traffick Twigs Young

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