Ezekiel 31:7
in Ezekiel 31It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
KJV
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
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This verse in Ezekiel 31
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
in the length of its limbs
on Ezekiel 31:7-9
His beauty is stated three times, fair in his greatness, fair by the multitude of his branches, until even the trees of Eden envied him. Wesley reads the garden language as the highest possible comparison, Assyria measured against paradise itself and found to outshine every tree God planted there.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 31.) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his people: Whom are you like in your greatness? Behold, Assyria was like a cedar (or cypress) in Lebanon, beautiful in branches and dense with foliage, towering in height, and its top was among the thick foliage (or in the midst of clouds).
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus was he fair in his greatness,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְּיִ֣ף | vaiyeyif | and it was beautiful | H3302 → | |
| בְּגָדְל֔וֹ | begadelo | in greatness its | H1433 → | 13 times |
| בְּאֹ֖רֶךְ | beorekh | in [the] length of | H753 → | 95 times |
| דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו | daliyotav | branches its | H1808 → | 8 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹ | sharesho | root its | H8328 → | 33 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מַ֥יִם | mayim | waters | H4325 → | 581 times |
| רַבִּֽים׃ | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
וַיְּיִ֣ףand it was beautiful
vaiyeyifH3302 →
בְּגָדְל֔וֹin greatness its
begadeloH1433 →13 times
בְּאֹ֖רֶךְin [the] length of
beorekhH753 →95 times
דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יוbranches its
daliyotavH1808 →8 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הָיָ֥הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹroot its
shareshoH8328 →33 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מַ֥יִםwaters
mayimH4325 →581 times
רַבִּֽים׃many
rabimH7227 →454 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.