4he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.


In Context

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

2 "Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell the house of Israel a parable.

3 Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar,

4 he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.

5 " 'He took some of the seed of your land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,

6 and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.

Ezekiel 17:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:4He 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.