King James Version
Ezekiel 31:9 in the King James Version says “I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, en...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I 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.”
Ezekiel 31:9 · KJV
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
I 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.
Therefore 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;
I 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. he: Heb. in doing he shall do unto him
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“envied”
H7065to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e., (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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