Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor could the junipers equal its boughs, nor could the plane trees compare with its branches— no tree in the garden of God could match its beauty. New Living Translation No other cedar in the garden of God could rival it. No cypress had branches to equal it; no plane tree had boughs to compare. No tree in the garden of God came close to it in beauty. English Standard Version The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; neither were the plane trees like its branches; no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty. New American Standard Bible ‘The cedars in God’s garden could not match it; The junipers could not compare with its branches, And the plane trees could not match its branches. No tree in God’s garden could compare with it in its beauty. NASB 1995 ‘The cedars in God’s garden could not match it; The cypresses could not compare with its boughs, And the plane trees could not match its branches. No tree in God’s garden could compare with it in its beauty. NASB 1977 ‘The cedars in God’s garden could not match it; The cypresses could not compare with its boughs, And the plane trees could not match its branches. No tree in God’s garden could compare with it in its beauty. Legacy Standard Bible The cedars in God’s garden could not match it; The cypresses could not liken themselves with its boughs, And the plane trees were not like its branches. No tree in God’s garden could liken itself with it in its beauty. Amplified Bible ‘The cedars in the garden of God could not hide or rival it; The cypress trees did not have boughs like it, And the plane trees did not have branches like it. No tree in the garden of God was like it in its beauty. Christian Standard Bible The cedars in God’s garden could not eclipse it; the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches, nor could the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with it in beauty. Holman Christian Standard Bible The cedars in God’s garden could not rival it; the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches, nor could the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with it in beauty. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version None of the cedar trees in my garden of Eden were as beautiful as this tree; no tree of any kind had such long branches. English Revised Version The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the plane trees were not as his branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto him in his beauty. GOD'S WORD® Translation The cedar trees in God's garden couldn't compare to it. The pine trees couldn't equal its branches. The plane trees couldn't measure up to its branches. All the trees in God's garden couldn't match its beauty. Good News Translation No cedar in God's garden could compare with it. No fir tree ever had such branches, And no plane tree such limbs. No tree in God's own garden was so beautiful. International Standard Version The cedars in God's garden could not compare to it; Fir trees could not match its boughs. The plane tree never grew branches like it, and no tree in God's garden compares to its beauty. Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty. New Heart English Bible 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 it in its beauty. Webster's Bible Translation 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; not any tree in the garden of God was like to him in his beauty. World English Bible The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it. The cypress trees were not like its branches. The pine trees were not like its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionCedars have not hid him in the garden of God, "" Firs have not been like to his boughs, "" And plane-trees have not been as his branches, "" No tree in the garden of God has been like to him in his beauty, Young's Literal Translation Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty, Smith's Literal Translation The cedars did not hide him in the garden of God: the cypresses were not like to his boughs, and the plane trees were not as his branches; every tree in the garden of God was not like to him in his beauty. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe cedars in the paradise of God wars not higher than he, the fir trees did not equal his top, neither were the plane trees to be compared with him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty. Catholic Public Domain Version The cedars in the Paradise of God were not higher than he was. The spruce trees were not equal to his summit, and the plane trees were not equal to his fullness. No tree in the Paradise of God was similar to him or to his beauty. New American Bible In the garden of God, no cedars could rival it, No juniper could equal its branches, no plane tree match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could match its beauty. New Revised Standard Version The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared with its branches; no tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe cedars in the garden of God could not surpass it; the fir trees did not equal its boughs; the plane trees were not like its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like to it in its beauty. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The cedars in the Paradise of God did not surpass it, and the junipers were not like its branches, and the plane trees were not like its leaves, and no tree in the Paradise of God was like it in its beauty OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The cedars in the garden of God Could not hide it; The cypress-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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And such cypresses as this were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Egypt will Fall Like Assyria…7It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters. 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. 9I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’… Cross References Isaiah 14:8 Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.” Daniel 4:10-12 In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great. / The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth. / Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed. Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Isaiah 10:34 He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One. Psalm 104:16 The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted, Isaiah 37:24 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests. Isaiah 2:13 against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, Isaiah 60:13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet. Jeremiah 46:22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees. Zechariah 11:2 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! Revelation 18:12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; Revelation 2:7 He 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. Revelation 22:2 down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Matthew 13:32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.” Treasury of Scripture 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 to him in his beauty. cedars Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Genesis 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. nor any Psalm 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Isaiah 10:7-14 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few… Isaiah 36:4-18 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? … Jump to Previous Arms Beauty Boughs Branches Cedars Chestnut Compare Compared Comparison Cypresses Cypress-Trees Equal Fir Firs Fir-Trees Garden God's Hid Hide Match Pine Plane Rival Tree TreesJump to Next Arms Beauty Boughs Branches Cedars Chestnut Compare Compared Comparison Cypresses Cypress-Trees Equal Fir Firs Fir-Trees Garden God's Hid Hide Match Pine Plane Rival Tree TreesEzekiel 31 1. A relation unto Pharaoh3. of the glory of Assyria 10. and the fall thereof for pride 18. The like destruction of Egypt The cedars in the garden of God The "cedars" here symbolize strength and majesty, often associated with the cedars of Lebanon, renowned for their height and durability. In the Hebrew context, these trees were used in the construction of temples and palaces, signifying their importance and value. The "garden of God" refers to a place of divine perfection and beauty, reminiscent of Eden. This phrase sets the stage for a comparison of unparalleled splendor, suggesting that even the most majestic creations in God's garden could not compare to what is being described. could not rival it nor could the pine trees equal its boughs The plane trees were not like its branches No tree in the garden of God could match its beauty (1) the fir tress - probably, as in Ezekiel 27:5, the cypresses; and (2) the chestnut trees, for which the Revised Version, following the Vulgate and the LXX. of Genesis 30:97, gives the "plane," which held a high place in the admiration of Greek and Roman writers. Of this we have a special instance in the story of Xerxes, who decorated a plane tree near the Meander with ornaments of gold (Herod., 7:31; 'AElicon,' 5:14; also comp. Ecclus. 24:14; Virg., 'Georg.,' 4:146; Cicero, 'De Ont.,' 1:7, 28). Hebrew The cedarsאֲרָזִ֣ים (’ă·rā·zîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 730: A cedar tree in the garden בְּגַן־ (bə·ḡan-) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden of God אֱלֹהִים֒ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative could not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no rival it; עֲמָמֻהוּ֮ (‘ă·mā·mu·hū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 6004: To associate, to overshadow the pine trees בְּרוֹשִׁ֗ים (bə·rō·wō·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1265: A cypress, tree, a lance, a musical instrument could not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no compare דָמוּ֙ (ḏā·mū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider with אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to its branches, סְעַפֹּתָ֔יו (sə·‘ap·pō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5589: A bough, branch nor לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no the plane trees וְעַרְמֹנִ֥ים (wə·‘ar·mō·nîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6196: The plane tree match הָי֖וּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be its boughs. כְּפֹֽארֹתָ֑יו (kə·p̄ō·rō·ṯāw) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6288: Ornamentation, foliage, as bright green No כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every tree עֵץ֙ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood in the garden בְּגַן־ (bə·ḡan-) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden of God אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative could compare דָמָ֥ה (ḏā·māh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider with אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to its beauty. בְּיָפְיֽוֹ׃ (bə·yā·p̄ə·yōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3308: Beauty Links Ezekiel 31:8 NIVEzekiel 31:8 NLT Ezekiel 31:8 ESV Ezekiel 31:8 NASB Ezekiel 31:8 KJV Ezekiel 31:8 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 31:8 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 31:8 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 31:8 French Bible Ezekiel 31:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 31:8 The cedars in the garden of God (Ezek. 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