Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle great of wings, long of the wing-feather, full of feathers, which to him variegation, came to Lebanon, and he will take the foliage of the cedar. 4 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. 5 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.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 43:14
Thus said Jehovah redeeming you, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I sent to Babel, and brought down the bars all of them, and the Chaldees shouting in their ships.
Isaiah 47:15
Thus shall they be to thee for whom thou didst labor, thy merchants, from thy youth; they wandered a man to his other side; none saving thee.
Jeremiah 51:13
Dwelling upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end came, the measure of thy plunder.
Revelation 18:3
For of the wrath of the wine of her fornication have all nations drunk, and the kings of the earth were debauched with her, and the wholesale merchants of the earth were rich from the power of her luxury.
Revelation 18:11-19
And the wholesale merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for their cargo will none purchase more: