Ezekiel 31
- 1In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- 2Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his people. Who are you like in your greatness?
- 3The Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high height. And his top was among the thick limbs.
- 4The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running all around his plants, and sent her little rivers to all the trees of the field.
- 5Therefore his height was lifted high above all the trees of the field, and his limbs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of many waters, when he shot out.
- 6All the birds of heaven made their nests in his limbs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field give birth to their young, and under his shadow lived all great nations.
- 7So he was fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches. For his root was by great waters.
- 8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his limbs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches. No tree in the garden of God was like him in his beauty.
- 9I have made him fair by his many branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
- 10Therefore the Lord God says this. Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and he has shot up his top among the thick branches, and his heart is lifted up in his height.
- 11I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his evil.
- 12And foreigners, the ruthless of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have fallen, and his limbs are broken by all the rivers of the land. And all the people of the earth have gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
- 13On his ruin shall all the birds of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be on his branches:
- 14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters lift themselves up for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick branches, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water. For they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the middle of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.
- 15The Lord God says this. In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
- 16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with those who descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
- 17They also went down into hell with him to those who be killed with the sword. And those who were his arm, that lived under his shadow among the nations.
- 18Who are you like this like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the middle of the uncircumcised with those who be killed by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his army, says the Lord God.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Ezekiel 31 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
GIGAKJVIn the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
KJVSon of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
GIGAKJVSon of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his people. Who are you like in your greatness?
KJVBehold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
GIGAKJVThe Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high height. And his top was among the thick limbs.
KJVThe waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
GIGAKJVThe waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running all around his plants, and sent her little rivers to all the trees of the field.
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore his height was lifted high above all the trees of the field, and his limbs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of many waters, when he shot out.
KJVAll the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
GIGAKJVAll the birds of heaven made their nests in his limbs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field give birth to their young, and under his shadow lived all great nations.
KJVThus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
GIGAKJVSo he was fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches. For his root was by great waters.
KJVThe cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
GIGAKJVThe cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his limbs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches. No tree in the garden of God was like him in his beauty.
KJVI have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
GIGAKJVI have made him fair by his many branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
GIGAKJVTherefore the Lord God says this. Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and he has shot up his top among the thick branches, and his heart is lifted up in his height.
KJVI have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
GIGAKJVI have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his evil.
KJVAnd strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
GIGAKJVAnd foreigners, the ruthless of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have fallen, and his limbs are broken by all the rivers of the land. And all the people of the earth have gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
KJVUpon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
GIGAKJVOn his ruin shall all the birds of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be on his branches:
KJVTo the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
GIGAKJVTo the end that none of all the trees by the waters lift themselves up for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick branches, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water. For they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the middle of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.
KJVThus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
GIGAKJVThe Lord God says this. In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
KJVI made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
GIGAKJVI made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with those who descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
KJVThey also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
GIGAKJVThey also went down into hell with him to those who be killed with the sword. And those who were his arm, that lived under his shadow among the nations.
KJVTo whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
GIGAKJVWho are you like this like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the middle of the uncircumcised with those who be killed by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his army, says the Lord God.
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