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Ezekiel 17:5
New English Translation
Ezekiel 17:5
New English Translation
5 He took one of the seedlings[a] of the land,
placed it in a cultivated plot;[b]
a shoot by abundant water,
like a willow he planted it.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 17:5 tn Heb “took of the seed of the land.” For the vine imagery, “seedling” is a better translation, though in its subsequent interpretation the “seed” refers to Zedekiah through its common application to offspring.
- Ezekiel 17:5 tn Heb “a field for seed.”
Ezekiel 17:5
New King James Version
Ezekiel 17:5
New King James Version
5 Then he took some of the seed of the land
And planted it in (A)a fertile field;
He placed it by abundant waters
And set it (B)like a willow tree.
Ezekiel 17:5
King James Version
Ezekiel 17:5
King James Version
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.
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