Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He plucked the top of its new plant shoot, and he brought it to the land of Canaan [and] put it in a city of merchants,
New American Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
brought it to the land of merchants,
and set it in a city of traders.
International Standard Version
He plucked off the top of its shoot, brought it to a land of merchants, and set it down in a city full of traders.
A Conservative Version
He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of merchandise. He set it in a city of merchants.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
He broke off the topmost of its young twigs (young King Jehoiachin) and carried it to a land of traders (Babylonia); he set it in a city of merchants (Babylon).
Bible in Basic English
Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.
Darby Translation
He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
Julia Smith Translation
He plucked off the head of the suckers, and he will bring it to the land of Canaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.
King James 2000
He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of trade; he set it in a city of merchants.
Modern King James verseion
He plucked off the top of its young twigs and carried it into a land of traders. He set it in a city of merchants.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and brake off the top of his twig, and carried it into the land of Canaan, and set it in a city of merchants.
NET Bible
He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.
New Heart English 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.
The Emphasized Bible
The crown of its young twigs, plucked he off, and brought it into a land of traffic, :in a city of merchants, he t it.
Webster
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.
World English 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Called the city of merchants
Babylon » Remarkable for » Commerce
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Trading
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Instrumental in propagating
Cities » Designated as » Merchant
Eagles » Delights in the lofty cedars
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Prophesies by parable of an eagle
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 17:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Parable Of Two Eagles And A Vine
3 and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{The great eagle with great wings and long feathers} [and] {full of variegated plumage} came to Lebanon and he took the treetop of the cedar. 4 He plucked the top of its new plant shoot, and he brought it to the land of Canaan [and] put it in a city of merchants, 5 and he took from the seed of the land and placed it in {fertile soil} on many waters; [like] a willow he planted it.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 43:14
Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel: "For your sake I will send [to] Babylon, and I will cause all of them to fall down [as] fugitives, and {the Chaldeans}, their rejoicing on the ships.
Isaiah 47:15
So are to you [those with] whom you have labored, your traders from your youth. They wander, each to his side; there is no one who can save you.
Jeremiah 51:13
[O you who] live by mighty waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, {the measure of your life}.
Revelation 18:3
For all the nations have drunk from the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the power of her sensuality."
Revelation 18:11-19
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more--