Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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,
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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 17:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Parable Of Two Eagles And A Vine
3 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings, long-pinioned, full of feathers, which was of divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar. 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.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 43:14
Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Isaiah 47:15
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, they that trafficked with thee from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his own quarter; there is none to save thee.
Jeremiah 51:13
Thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy rapacity.
Revelation 18:3
because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.
Revelation 18:11-19
And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;