Ezekiel 31:6 KJV

All 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.

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What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

  • The glory of AssyriaThe falls of others, both into sin and ruin, warn us not to be secure or high-minded. The prophet is to show an instance of one whom the king of Egypt...

Parallel Passages

  • Daniel 4:12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Ezekiel 17:23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
  • Daniel 4:12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
  • Daniel 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
  • Matthew 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

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  • All the fowls עוֹף ʻôwph
  • of heaven שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
  • made their nests קָנַן qânan
  • in his boughs סְעַפָּה çᵉʻappâh
  • and under his branches פְּאֹרָה pᵉʼôrâh
  • did all the beasts חַי chay
  • of the field שָׂדֶה sâdeh
  • bring forth their young יָלַד yâlad
  • and under his shadow צֵל tsêl
  • dwelt יָשַׁב yâshab
  • all great רַב rab
  • nations גּוֹי gôwy

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