“Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied. Its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it spread them out.”
— WEB
Ezekiel 31:5
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“Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.”
— KJV
“Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot [them] forth.”
— ASV
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Commentary
when he shot forth--because of the abundant moisture which nourished him in shooting forth. But see Margin.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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