4He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.
4He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
3 And say: Thus saith the Lord God: A large eagle with great wings, long-limbed, full of feathers, and of variety, came to Libanus, and took away the marrow of the cedar.
4 He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.
5 And he took of the seed of the land, and put it in the ground for seed, that it might take a firm root over many waters: he planted it on the surface of the earth.
6 And it sprung up and grew into a spreading vine of low stature, and the branches thereof looked towards him: and the roots thereof were under him. So it became a vine, and grew into branches, and shot forth sprigs.
17:4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
17:4he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.
17:4he 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.
17:4He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
17:4he 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.
17:4He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
17:4he 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.
17:4The 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.
17:4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.