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ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third `
month '
, in the first `
day '
of the month, that the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying,
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,
Son of man, say
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude :
Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Son of man, speak
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude ;
Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like
shade
, and of high stature; and its
top was among the thick boughs.
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.
The waters nourished
it
, the deep made
it
to
grow:
the
rivers thereof
ran
round about its
plantation;
and it
sent out
its
channels
unto all the trees of the field.
The waters made
him
great
, the deep set
him
up
on
high
with
her
rivers running
round about his
plants,
and sent her
little
rivers
unto all the trees of the field.
Therefore its
stature
was exalted above all the trees of the field ;
and its
boughs were multiplied, and its
branches became long by
reason
of many
waters, when it
shot `them'
forth.
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.
All the birds
of the
heavens
made their nests in its
boughs ;
and under its
branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young ;
and under its
shadow dwelt all great nations.
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.
Thus was it
fair in its
greatness, in the length of its
branches ;
for its
root was by many
waters.
Thus was he
fair in his
greatness, in the length of his
branches :
for his
root was by great
waters.
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.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him:
the fir trees were not like his
boughs, and the chestnut
trees were not like
his
branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was
like unto him
in his
beauty.
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
.
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
.
Therefore thus said
the Lord Jehovah:
Because thou art
exalted
in stature
, and he hath set
his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
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;
I will
even
deliver
him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations
; he shall surely deal with him ;
I have driven him out for his wickedness.
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.
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 watercourses
of the land; and all the peoples
of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
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.
Upon his ruin all the birds
of the heavens
shall
dwell
, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches ;
Upon his ruin shall
all the fowls
of the heaven
remain
, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches :
to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in
their stature
, neither set
their top among the thick boughs, nor
that
their mighty
ones
stand up on
their height, `even'
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.
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.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
In the day when he went down to Sheol
I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers
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.
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.
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol
with them that descend into the pit ;
and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were
comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
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.
They also went down into Sheol
with him unto them that are
slain by
the sword; yea,
they that were his arm, `
that '
dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations
.
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
.
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 are
slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah
.
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
.
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