Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: because his root was by great waters.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)