Yehezkiel 31:5

31:5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;

its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,

because of the plentiful water in its shoots. ¹ 

Yehezkiel 31:8

31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it,

nor could the fir trees ²  match its boughs;

the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches;

no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.

[31:5]  ¹ tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).

[31:8]  ² tn Or “cypress trees” (cf. NASB, NLT); NIV “pine trees.”