31:5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;
its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,
because of the plentiful water in its shoots. 1
31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it,
nor could the fir trees 2 match its boughs;
the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches;
no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
1 tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).
2 tn Or “cypress trees” (cf. NASB, NLT); NIV “pine trees.”