Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree.

New American Standard Bible

He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a willow.

King James Version

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

Holman Bible

Then he took some of the land’s seed
and put it in a fertile field;
he set it like a willow,
a plant by abundant waters.

International Standard Version

Then the eagle took a seed from the land and planted it in fertile ground. He planted it like a willow tree next to abundant waters.

A Conservative Version

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.

American Standard Version

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.

Amplified

He also took some of the seed of the land (Zedekiah, of the royal family) and planted it in fertile soil and a fruitful field; he placed it beside abundant waters and set it like a willow tree.

Bible in Basic English

And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will take from the seed of the land, and he will give it in a field of seed; he took it to many waters, he set it a willow.

King James 2000

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

Lexham Expanded Bible

and he took from the seed of the land and placed it in {fertile soil} on many waters; [like] a willow he planted it.

Modern King James verseion

He also took of the seed of the land and planted it in a fruitful field. He placed it by great waters and set it as a willow tree.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He took also a branch of the land, and planted it in a fruitful ground, he brought it unto great waters, and set it as a willow tree thereby.

NET Bible

He took one of the seedlings of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it.

New Heart English Bible

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.

The Emphasized Bible

So he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a field for seed,- He took it near mighty waters, Like a willow-tree, he set it.

Webster

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

World English Bible

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He took
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

also of the seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

of the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and planted
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

it in a fruitful
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

he placed
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

it by great
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

and set
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Parable Of Two Eagles And A Vine

4 He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders. 5 And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree. 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, so that its branches should turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; and it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:7-9

For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and hills;

Isaiah 44:4

And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.

2 Kings 24:17

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Isaiah 15:7

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, do they carry away to the torrent of the willows.

Jeremiah 37:1

And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon having made him king in the land of Judah.

Ezekiel 17:13

And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land;

Ezekiel 19:11-12

And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.

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