EzekielJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareEzekiel 31YLT - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Ezekiel 1Ezekiel 2Ezekiel 3Ezekiel 4Ezekiel 5Ezekiel 6Ezekiel 7Ezekiel 8Ezekiel 9Ezekiel 10Ezekiel 11Ezekiel 12Ezekiel 13Ezekiel 14Ezekiel 15Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 17Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 19Ezekiel 20Ezekiel 21Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 23Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 25Ezekiel 26Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 28Ezekiel 29Ezekiel 30Ezekiel 31Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 33Ezekiel 34Ezekiel 35Ezekiel 36Ezekiel 37Ezekiel 38Ezekiel 39Ezekiel 40Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 42Ezekiel 43Ezekiel 44Ezekiel 45Ezekiel 46Ezekiel 47Ezekiel 48›Ezekiel 31ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third month , in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying: 2`Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and unto his multitude: To whom hast thou been like in thy greatness? 3Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been. 4Waters have made it great, The deep hath exalted him with its flowings, Going round about its planting, And its conduits it hath sent forth unto all trees of the field. 5Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth, 6In his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations. 7And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters. 8Cedars 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, 9Fair 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. 10Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because that thou hast been high in stature, And he yieldeth his foliage between thickets, And high is his heart in his haughtiness, 11I give him into the hand of a god of nations, He dealeth sorely with him, In his wickedness I have cast him out. 12And cut him off do strangers, The terrible of nations, and they leave him, On the mountains and in all valleys have his thin shoots fallen, And broken are his boughs at all streams of the land, And go down from his shade do all peoples of the land, and they leave him. 13On his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field, 14In order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up unto them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, Unto the earth--the lower part, In the midst of the sons of men, Unto those going down to the pit. 15Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to sheol I have caused mourning, I have covered for him the deep, and diminish its flowings, And restrained are many waters, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field have been covered for him. 16From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth--the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters. 17Also they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And--his arm--they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations. 18Unto whom hast thou been thus like, In honour and in greatness among the trees of Eden, And thou hast been brought down with the trees of Eden, Unto the earth--the lower part, In the midst of the uncircumcised thou liest, With the pierced of the sword? It is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!' ‹Previous chapterEzekiel 30Next chapterEzekiel 32›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsEzekiel 31 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain