Ezekiel 31:9 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 31:9

I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) He seemed to have a good bottom. This cedar was not like the heath in the desert, made to inhabit the parched places ( Jer. xvii. 6 ); it was not a root in a dry ground, Isa. liii.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יָפֶ֣ה	ya.Peh	beautiful	H3303 →
עֲשִׂיתִ֔יו	'a.si.Tiv	I made it	H6213 →
בְּרֹ֖ב	be.Ro	in [the] abundance of	H7230 →
דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו	da.li.yo.Tav	branches its	H1808 →
וַיְקַנְאֻ֙הוּ֙	vay.kan.'U.hu	and they envied it	H7065 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עֲצֵי־	'a.tzei-	[the] trees of	H6086 →
עֵ֔דֶן	'E.den	Eden	H5731 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּגַ֥ן	be.Gan	[were] in [the] garden of	H1588 →
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ ס	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 51:3
For 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…
leads to
- Joel 2:3
  Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 49:13
  Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
- Isaiah 52:9
  Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
Through
Genesis 13:10
And 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…
leads to
- Isaiah 51:3
  For 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 34:3
  the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
Through
Ezekiel 28:13
You 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…
leads to
- Ezekiel 28:15
  From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.
- Ezekiel 27:16
  Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
- Genesis 2:8
  And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.