7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: because his root was by great waters.


In Context

4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high; its streams ran round about his plantation, and it sent out its rivulets unto all the trees of the field.

5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long, because of great waters, when he shot forth.

6 All the fowl of the heavens made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all the great nations.

7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: because his root was by great waters.

8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; the cypresses were not like his boughs, and the plane-trees were not as his branches: no tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

9 I had made him fair by the multitude of his branches; and all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

Ezekiel 31:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:7It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:7And he was most beautiful for his greatness, and for the spreading of his branches: for his root was near great waters.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by many waters.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:7Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:7And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.