Ezekiel 17:5 Parallel Translations

" 'Then it took a seedling from that country and planted the seedling in fertile soil. The eagle planted the seedling like a willow where there was plenty of water.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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 slip.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 8:7 "For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

Isaiah 44:4 And they will spring up among the grass Like poplars by streams of water.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:5 He took also of the {c} seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed [it] by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow tree.
(c) That is, Zedekiah who was of the king's blood and was left at Jerusalem and made king instead of Jeconiah, 2Ki 24:17, Jer 37:1.

WES:

17:5 The seed - Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. Planted - Settled him on the throne of Judah. As a willow - The prophet compares this new made king to a willow, which grows no where so well as near great waters.

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:

Abundant Beside Conspicuous Fertile Field Fruitful Placed Placing Planted Planting Seed Slip Soil Taketh Tree Twig Waters Willow Willow-tree

Abundant Conspicuous Earth Fertile Field Fruitful Great Placed Planted Planting Seed Slip Soil Tree Twig Waters

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