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Ezekiel 31:8

The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

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ASV

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.

KJV

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲרָזִ֣ים'a.ra.ZimcedarsH730 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
עֲמָמֻהוּ֮'a.ma.mu.Huthey eclipsed itH6004 →
בְּגַן־be.gan-in [the] garden ofH1588 →
אֱלֹהִים֒'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
בְּרוֹשִׁ֗יםbe.ro.Shimfir treesH1265 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
דָמוּ֙da.Muthey were likeH1819 →
אֶל־'el-<to>H413 →
סְעַפֹּתָ֔יוse.'a.po.Tavboughs itsH5589 →
וְעַרְמֹנִ֥יםve.'ar.mo.Nimand plane treesH6196 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
הָי֖וּha.Yuthey wereH1961 →
כְּפֹֽארֹתָ֑יוke.fo.ro.Tavlike branches itsH6288 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
עֵץ֙'etztreeH6086 →
בְּגַן־be.gan-in [the] garden ofH1588 →
אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
דָמָ֥הda.Mahit was likeH1819 →
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lav<to> itH413 →
בְּיָפְיֽוֹ׃be.ya.fe.Yoin beauty itsH3308 →

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Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.Isaiah 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.Psalms 80:10The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.Genesis 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.Genesis 2:8–9And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.Ezekiel 31:18Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”Genesis 30:37Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.Isaiah 10:7–14But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.Isaiah 37:11–13Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?Isaiah 36:4–18The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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