Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in
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
and put it in a fertile field;
he set it like a willow,
a plant
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 (
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.
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.
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.
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.
Themes
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Instrumental in propagating
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Prophesies by parable of an eagle
Prophets » Frequently spake in parables and riddles
Trees » Often propagated by birds who carry the seeds along with them
Interlinear
Zera`
Nathan
Mayim
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 17:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Parable Of Two Eagles And A Vine
4 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. 5 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. 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned towards him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:7-9
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Isaiah 44:4
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
2 Kings 24:17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Isaiah 15:7
Therefore the abundance they have gained, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Jeremiah 37:1
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
Ezekiel 17:13
And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath from him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
Ezekiel 19:11-12
And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bore rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her hight with the multitude of her branches.