Ezekiel 17:4New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “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 (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The crown of its young twigs, plucked he off, and brought it into a land of traffic, in a city of merchants, he set it.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And brake off the toppe of his twigge, and caried it into the land of marchants, and set it in a citie of marchants.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Hee cropt off the top of his yong twigs, and caried it into a land of traffique; he set it in a city of merchants.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He cropped off the topmost of its tender twigs, and carried it to the land of Canaan; and he set it in a city of merchants.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Canaan{gr.Chanaan}; he laid them up in a walled city.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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. |
He cropped off
6998 {6998} Primeקָטַףqataph{kaw-taf'}
A primitive root; to strip off.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
the top
7218 {7218} Primeרֹאשׁro'sh{roshe}
From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literally or figuratively (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.).
of his young twigs,
3242 {3242} Primeיְנִיקָהy@niqah{yen-ee-kaw'}
From H3243; a sucker or sapling.
and carried
935 {0935} Primeבּוֹאbow'{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
it into
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
a land
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
of traffick;
3667 {3667} PrimeכְּנַעַןK@na`an{ken-ah'-an}
From H3665; humiliated; Kenaan, a son of Ham; also the country inhabited by him.
he set
7760 {7760} Primeשׂוּםsuwm{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
it in a city
5892 {5892} Primeעִיר`iyr{eer}
From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post).
of merchants.
7402 {7402} Primeרָכַלrakal{raw-kal'}
A primitive root; to travel for trading.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386 |
Ezekiel 17:4
_ _ land of traffic ... merchants — Babylon (2 Kings 24:15, 2 Kings 24:16), famous for its transport traffic on the Tigris and Euphrates. Also, by its connection with the Persian Gulf, it carried on much commerce with India. |
Ezekiel 17:4
The top — Both the king of Judah, now eighteen years old, and the nobles and chief of the land. Into a land — Babylon, which was a city of mighty trade. |
Ezekiel 17:4
He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of (b) trade; he set it in a city of merchants.
(b) Meaning to Babylon. |
- the top:
- The princes of Judah.
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- into:
Isaiah 43:14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in the ships.
Isaiah 47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
Jeremiah 51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.
Revelation 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Revelation 18:11-19 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: ... And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
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- a city:
- Babylon, which by means of the Euphrates and Tigris, had communications with the richest and most distant nations.
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