Ezekiel 17:5New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed [it] beside abundant waters; he set it [like] a willow.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— 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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And he took of the seed of the land, and put it in the ground for seed, that it might take a firm root over many waters: he planted it on the surface of the earth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Hee tooke also of the seede of the lande, and planted it in a fruitfull ground: hee placed it by great waters, and set it as a willowe tree.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Hee tooke also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitfull field, he placed it by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow tree.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in uncultivated land; he placed it by many waters, and then set a watchman over it.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And he took of the seed of the land, and sowed it in a field planted by much water; he set it in a conspicuous place.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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. |
He took
3947 {3947} Primeלָקַחlaqach{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
also of the seed
2233 {2233} Primeזֶרַעzera`{zeh'-rah}
From H2232; seed; figuratively fruit, plant, sowing time, posterity.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of the land,
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
and planted
5414 {5414} Primeנָתַןnathan{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application ( put, make, etc.).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
it in a fruitful
2233 {2233} Primeזֶרַעzera`{zeh'-rah}
From H2232; seed; figuratively fruit, plant, sowing time, posterity.
field;
7704 {7704} Primeשָׂדֶהsadeh{saw-deh'}
From an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat).
he placed
3947 {3947} Primeלָקַחlaqach{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
[ it] by
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
great
7227 {7227} Primeרַבrab{rab}
By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
waters,
4325 {4325} Primeמַיִםmayim{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
[ and] 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 [ as] a willow tree.
6851 {6851} Primeצַפְצָפָהtsaphtsaphah{tsaf-tsaw-faw'}
From H6687; a willow (as growing in overflowed places). |
Ezekiel 17:5
_ _ seed of the land — not a foreign production, but one native in the region; a son of the soil, not a foreigner: Zedekiah, uncle of Jehoiachin, of David’s family.
_ _ in a fruitful field — literally, a “field of seed”; that is, fit for propagating and continuing the seed of the royal family.
_ _ as a willow — derived from a Hebrew root, “to overflow,” from its fondness for water (Isaiah 44:4). Judea was “a land of brooks of water and fountains” (Deuteronomy 8:7-9; compare John 3:23). |
Ezekiel 17:5
The seed — Mattaniah, whom he called Zedekiah. Planted — Settled him on the throne of Judah. As a willow — The prophet compares this new made king to a willow, which grows no where so well as near great waters. |
Ezekiel 17:5
He took also of the (c) seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed [it] by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow tree.
(c) That is, Zedekiah who was of the king's blood and was left at Jerusalem and made king instead of Jeconiah, (2 Kings 24:17; Jeremiah 37:1). |
- the seed:
- Zedekiah, brother to Jeconiah.
Ezekiel 17:13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
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.
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.
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- planted it in a fruitful field:
- Heb. put it in a field of seed, Made him king of Judea.
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; ... A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
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- he placed:
- Made him dependent on Babylon, the city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity.
Ezekiel 19:11-12 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. ... But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Isaiah 15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Isaiah 44:4 And they shall spring up [as] among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
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