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World English Bible

Ezekiel 31 (WEBP)

[1] In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
[2] “Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt and his multitude: ‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
[3] 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.
[4] The waters nourished it. The deep made it to grow. Its rivers ran all around its plantation. It sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
[5] Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied. Its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it spread them out.
[6] All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs. Under its branches, all the animals of the field gave birth to their young. All great nations lived under its shadow.
[7] Thus it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
[8] 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.
[9] I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.’
[10] “Therefore thus said the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because he is exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick branches, and his heart is lifted up in his height,
[11] I will deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations. He will surely deal with him. I have driven him out for his wickedness.
[12] Foreigners, the tyrants of the nations, have cut him off and have left him. His branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land. All the peoples of the earth have gone down from his shadow and have left him.
[13] All the birds of the sky will dwell on his ruin, and all the animals of the field will be on his branches,
[14] to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, and don’t set their top among the thick boughs. Their mighty ones don’t stand up on their height, even all who drink water; for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, among the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.’
[15] “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers. The great waters were stopped. I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
[16] I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit. All the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
[17] They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, who lived under his shadow in the middle of the nations.
[18] “‘To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth. You will lie in the middle of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. “‘This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”

Ezekiel 31:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Ezekiel 31:16 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Ezekiel 31 (KJVS)

[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.
[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;
[11] I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
[12] And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
[13] Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
[14] to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
[15] Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
[16] I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
[17] They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
[18] To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 31:3 Heb. fair of branches
Ezekiel 31:4a Or, nourished
Ezekiel 31:4b Or, brought him up
Ezekiel 31:4c Heb. conduits
Ezekiel 31:5 Or, when it sent them forth
Ezekiel 31:11 Heb. in doing he shall do unto him
Ezekiel 31:14 Or, stand upon themselves for their height
Ezekiel 31:15 Heb. to be black

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Ezekiel 31 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () ἑνδεκάτῳ () ἔτει () ἐν () τῷ () τρίτῳ () μηνὶ () μιᾷ () τοῦ () μηνὸς () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρός () με () λέγων ()
[2] Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () εἰπὸν () πρὸς () Φαραω () βασιλέα () Αἰγύπτου () καὶ () τῷ () πλήθει () αὐτοῦ () Τίνι () ὡμοίωσας () σεαυτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () ὕψει () σου; ()
[3] Ἰδοὺ () Ασσουρ κυπάρισσος ἐν () τῷ () Λιβάνῳ καὶ () καλὸς () ταῖς () παραφυάσιν καὶ () ὑψηλὸς () τῷ () μεγέθει, () εἰς () μέσον () νεφελῶν () ἐγένετο () ἡ () ἀρχὴ () αὐτοῦ· ()
[4] ὕδωρ () ἐξέθρεψεν () αὐτόν, () ἡ () ἄβυσσος () ὕψωσεν () αὐτόν, () τοὺς () ποταμοὺς () αὐτῆς () ἤγαγεν () κύκλῳ () τῶν () φυτῶν αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () συστέματα αὐτῆς () ἐξαπέστειλεν () εἰς () πάντα () τὰ () ξύλα () τοῦ () πεδίου.
[5] Ἕνεκεν () τούτου () ὑψώθη () τὸ () μέγεθος () αὐτοῦ () παρὰ () πάντα () τὰ () ξύλα () τοῦ () πεδίου, καὶ () ἐπλατύνθησαν () οἱ () κλάδοι () αὐτοῦ () ἀφ’ () ὕδατος () πολλοῦ. ()
[6] Ἐν () ταῖς () παραφυάσιν αὐτοῦ () ἐνόσσευσαν πάντα () τὰ () πετεινὰ τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () καὶ () ὑποκάτω () τῶν () κλάδων () αὐτοῦ () ἐγεννῶσαν () πάντα () τὰ () θηρία () τοῦ () πεδίου, ἐν () τῇ () σκιᾷ () αὐτοῦ () κατῴκησεν () πᾶν () πλῆθος () ἐθνῶν. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () καλὸς () ἐν () τῷ () ὕψει () αὐτοῦ () διὰ () τὸ () πλῆθος () τῶν () κλάδων () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἐγενήθησαν () αἱ () ῥίζαι () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () ὕδωρ () πολύ. ()
[8] Κυπάρισσοι τοιαῦται () οὐκ () ἐγενήθησαν () ἐν () τῷ () παραδείσῳ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καὶ () πίτυες οὐχ () ὅμοιαι () ταῖς () παραφυάσιν αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐλάται οὐκ () ἐγένοντο () ὅμοιαι () τοῖς () κλάδοις () αὐτοῦ· () πᾶν () ξύλον () ἐν () τῷ () παραδείσῳ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () οὐχ () ὡμοιώθη () αὐτῷ () ἐν () τῷ () κάλλει αὐτοῦ ()
[9] διὰ () τὸ () πλῆθος () τῶν () κλάδων () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐζήλωσεν () αὐτὸν () τὰ () ξύλα () τοῦ () παραδείσου () τῆς () τρυφῆς () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()—
[10] διὰ () τοῦτο () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἐγένου () μέγας () τῷ () μεγέθει () καὶ () ἔδωκας () τὴν () ἀρχήν () σου () εἰς () μέσον () νεφελῶν, () καὶ () εἶδον () ἐν () τῷ () ὑψωθῆναι () αὐτόν, ()
[11] καὶ () παρέδωκα () αὐτὸν () εἰς () χεῖρας () ἄρχοντος () ἐθνῶν, () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () τὴν () ἀπώλειαν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐξωλέθρευσαν () αὐτὸν () ἀλλότριοι () λοιμοὶ () ἀπὸ () ἐθνῶν () καὶ () κατέβαλον () αὐτὸν () ἐπὶ () τῶν () ὀρέων, () ἐν () πάσαις () ταῖς () φάραγξιν () ἔπεσαν () οἱ () κλάδοι () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () συνετρίβη () τὰ () στελέχη αὐτοῦ () ἐν () παντὶ () πεδίῳ τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () κατέβησαν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () σκέπης αὐτῶν () πάντες () οἱ () λαοὶ () τῶν () ἐθνῶν () καὶ () ἠδάφισαν () αὐτόν. ()
[13] Ἐπὶ () τὴν () πτῶσιν () αὐτοῦ () ἀνεπαύσαντο () πάντα () τὰ () πετεινὰ τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰ () στελέχη αὐτοῦ () ἐγένοντο () πάντα () τὰ () θηρία () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ, ()
[14] ὅπως () μὴ () ὑψωθῶσιν () ἐν () τῷ () μεγέθει () αὐτῶν () πάντα () τὰ () ξύλα () τὰ () ἐν () τῷ () ὕδατι· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔδωκαν () τὴν () ἀρχὴν () αὐτῶν () εἰς () μέσον () νεφελῶν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστησαν () ἐν () τῷ () ὕψει () αὐτῶν () πρὸς () αὐτὰ () πάντες () οἱ () πίνοντες () ὕδωρ, () πάντες () ἐδόθησαν () εἰς () θάνατον () εἰς () γῆς () βάθος () ἐν () μέσῳ () υἱῶν () ἀνθρώπων () πρὸς () καταβαίνοντας () εἰς () βόθρον.—
[15] τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () κύριος () Ἐν () ᾗ () ἡμέρᾳ () κατέβη () εἰς () ᾅδου, () ἐπένθησεν () αὐτὸν () ἡ () ἄβυσσος, () καὶ () ἐπέστησα () τοὺς () ποταμοὺς () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἐκώλυσα () πλῆθος () ὕδατος, () καὶ () ἐσκότασεν ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () ὁ () Λίβανος, πάντα () τὰ () ξύλα () τοῦ () πεδίου ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () ἐξελύθησαν. ()
[16] Ἀπὸ () τῆς () φωνῆς () τῆς () πτώσεως () αὐτοῦ () ἐσείσθησαν () τὰ () ἔθνη, () ὅτε () κατεβίβαζον () αὐτὸν () εἰς () ᾅδου () μετὰ () τῶν () καταβαινόντων () εἰς () λάκκον, καὶ () παρεκάλουν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () γῇ () πάντα () τὰ () ξύλα () τῆς () τρυφῆς () καὶ () τὰ () ἐκλεκτὰ () τοῦ () Λιβάνου, πάντα () τὰ () πίνοντα () ὕδωρ. ()
[17] Καὶ () γὰρ () αὐτοὶ () κατέβησαν () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () ᾅδου () ἐν () τοῖς () τραυματίαις ἀπὸ () μαχαίρας, () καὶ () τὸ () σπέρμα () αὐτοῦ, () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () ὑπὸ () τὴν () σκέπην αὐτοῦ, () ἐν () μέσῳ () τῆς () ζωῆς () αὐτῶν () ἀπώλοντο. ()
[18] Τίνι () ὡμοιώθης; () Κατάβηθι () καὶ () καταβιβάσθητι () μετὰ () τῶν () ξύλων () τῆς () τρυφῆς () εἰς () γῆς () βάθος· () ἐν () μέσῳ () ἀπεριτμήτων () κοιμηθήσῃ () μετὰ () τραυματιῶν μαχαίρας. () Οὕτως () Φαραω () καὶ () τὸ () πλῆθος () τῆς () ἰσχύος () αὐτοῦ, () λέγει () κύριος () κύριος. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.