31:4 The water made it grow;
underground springs made it grow tall.
Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted,
while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field. 1
1 tn Heb “Waters made it grow; the deep made it grow tall. It (the deep) was flowing with its rivers around the place it (the tree) was planted, it (the deep) sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.”
2 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
3 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).
4 tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).