Ezekiel 17:4
“Hee cropt off the top of his yong twigs, and caried it into a land of traffique; he set it in a city of merchants.”
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Ezekiel 17:4 Context
2Sonne of man, put foorth a riddle, and speake a parable vnto the house of Israel, 3And say, Thus saith the Lord God, A great eagle with great wings, long wing'd, full of feathers, which had diuers colours, camevnto Lebanon, and tooke the highest branch of the Cedar. 4Hee cropt off the top of his yong twigs, and caried it into a land of traffique; he set it in a city of merchants. 5Hee tooke also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitfull field, he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. 6And it grew, and became a spreading Uine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were vnder him: so it became a Uine, and brought forth branches, and shot foorth sprigges.
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Other Translations
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
- King James Version
"He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.
- Basic English Bible
He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
- Darby Bible
He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
- Webster's Bible
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
- World English Bible
The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
"He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.
- Basic English Bible
He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
- Darby Bible
He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
- Webster's Bible
he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
- World English Bible
The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 17:4
17:4 The top - Both the king of Judah, now eighteen years old, and the nobles and chief of the land. Into a land - Babylon, which was a city of mighty trade.