Ezekiel 31:9 “I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees…”

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.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

I made him faire by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, enuied him.

Darby Translation

I had made him fair by the multitude of his branches; and all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

Young's Literal Translation

Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that [are] in the garden of God.

Bible in Basic English

I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.

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Cross references

“made”

Ezekiel 16:14 Exodus 9:16 Daniel 2:21 Daniel 4:22–25 Daniel 5:20–23 Psalm 75:6

Ezekiel 16:14 · BSB

Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

Exodus 9:16 · BSB

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Daniel 2:21 · BSB

He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Daniel 4:22–25 · BSB

you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

Daniel 5:20–23 · BSB

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

Psalm 75:6 · BSB

For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

“all the trees”

Ezekiel 17:22 Ezekiel 17:24 Judges 9:8–20 Isaiah 55:12 Zechariah 11:2 Psalm 96:12

Ezekiel 17:22 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Ezekiel 17:24 · BSB

Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done…

Judges 9:8–20 · BSB

One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

Isaiah 55:12 · BSB

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Zechariah 11:2 · BSB

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

Psalm 96:12 · BSB

Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

“envied”

Genesis 26:14 Genesis 37:11 1 Samuel 18:15 Proverbs 27:4 Ecclesiastes 4:4 James 4:5

Genesis 26:14 · BSB

He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 37:11 · BSB

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

1 Samuel 18:15 · BSB

When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

Proverbs 27:4 · BSB

Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

Ecclesiastes 4:4 · BSB

I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

James 4:5 · BSB

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

Also

Isaiah 51:3 Genesis 13:10 Ezekiel 28:13 Ezekiel 31:18 Genesis 2:8–9 Ezekiel 31:16

Isaiah 51:3 · BSB

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 will be found in her, thanksgiving and mel…

Genesis 13:10 · BSB

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 before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Ezekiel 28:13 · BSB

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 gold, prepar…

Ezekiel 31:18 · BSB

Who 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 sw…

Genesis 2:8–9 · BSB

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

Ezekiel 31:16 · BSB

I 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 consol…

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In context

8The 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.

10Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

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