Ezekiel 31:4

American Standard Version

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.

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Ezekiel 31:4 in other translations

The waters nourished it.
The deep made it to grow.
Its rivers ran all around its plantation;
and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.

Ezekiel 31:4 · World English Bible

Ezekiel 31:4 in context

  1. 2Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
  2. 3Behold, 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.
  3. 4The 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.
  4. 5Therefore 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.
  5. 6All 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.