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.


In Context

1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

2 'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,

3 and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,

4 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.

5 And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.

6 And it springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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.

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 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.