Ezekiel 31:5
ContextNET © | 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 |
NIV © | So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters. |
NASB © | ‘Therefore its height was loftier than all the trees of the field And its boughs became many and its branches long Because of many waters as it spread them out. |
NLT © | This great tree towered above all the other trees around it. It prospered and grew long thick branches because of all the water at its roots. |
MSG © | It was immense, dwarfing all the trees in the forest--Thick boughs, long limbs, roots delving deep into earth's waters. |
BBE © | In this way it became taller than all the trees of the field; and its branches were increased and its arms became long because of the great waters. |
NRSV © | So it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches long, from abundant water in its shoots. |
NKJV © | ‘Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field; Its boughs were multiplied, And its branches became long because of the abundance of water, As it sent them out. |
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NET © | 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 |
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1 tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV). |