Ezekiel 17:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Say this: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers, and full of colorful plumage came to Lebanon and took the top of a cedar tree.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers of various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} A great{H1419} eagle{H5404} with great{H1419} wings{H3671} and long pinions,{H83} full{H4392} of feathers,{H5133} which had divers colors,{H7553} came{H935} unto Lebanon,{H3844} and took{H3947} the top{H6788} of the cedar:{H730}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; A great{H1419} eagle{H5404} with great{H1419} wings{H3671}, longwinged{H83}{H750}, full{H4392} of feathers{H5133}, which had divers colours{H7553}, came{H935}{(H8804)} unto Lebanon{H3844}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} the highest branch{H6788} of the cedar{H730}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and saye: Thus saieth the LORDE God: There came a greate Aegle with greate wynges, yee wt mightie longe wynges, and full of fethers of dyuerse colours, vpon the mount of Libanus, and toke a braunch from a Cedre tre,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And say, Thus saith the Lorde God, The great egle with great wings, and long wings, and ful of fethers, which had diuers colours, came vnto Lebanon, & tooke the hiest branch of the cedar,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And say, Thus saith the Lorde God: There came a great Egle, with great winges, yea with a mightie long body, and ful of fethers of diuers colours, vppon the mount of Libanus, and toke the hyest braunche of a Cedar tree.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Say to them:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage which was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 48:40 : 40 For this is what the LORD says: Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.
  • Hos 8:1 : 1 Set the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle, disaster comes against the house of the LORD, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
  • Dan 4:22 : 22 You will be driven away from people, and you will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to whomever He chooses.
  • Ezek 17:7 : 7 But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and abundant feathers. And behold, the vine bent its roots toward it and stretched its branches toward the eagle to be watered from the surrounding garden.
  • Ezek 17:12-21 : 12 Say to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not understand what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon. 13 He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under an oath. Then he carried away the leaders of the land. 14 This kingdom was made humble so that it would not exalt itself, and so that by keeping its covenant, it might stand firm. 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt to obtain horses and a great army. Will he prosper? Will he escape if he does such things? Can a person break a covenant and still escape? 16 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, in the place where the king who made him king resides—whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—there in Babylon he will die. 17 Pharaoh and his mighty army and great company will not help him in battle, when mounds are heaped up and siege walls are built to destroy many people. 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Though he gave his hand in pledge, he did all these things. He will not escape! 19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will bring upon his own head. 20 I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the unfaithfulness he committed against Me. 21 All his fugitives in all his troops will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered to every direction. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
  • Dan 2:38 : 38 He has placed into your hands control over every person, animal, and bird that dwells under the heavens. Wherever they live, He has given you sovereignty over them all. You are the head of gold.
  • Jer 49:16 : 16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.
  • Lam 4:19 : 19 Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand.
  • 2 Kgs 24:10-16 : 10 At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and besieged the city. 11 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to the city while his servants were besieging it. 12 Jehoiachin, king of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs, went out to the king of Babylon, and the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. 13 He carried off all the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and he cut into pieces all the gold objects that Solomon, king of Israel, had made for the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had declared. 14 He deported all of Jerusalem—all the officials, the mighty warriors, ten thousand captives, as well as all the craftsmen and metalworkers. No one remained except for the poorest people of the land. 15 He took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon, along with the king's mother, the king's wives, his officials, and the elite of the land; he led them as exiles from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 The king of Babylon also took into exile all the men of valor, seven thousand of them, along with one thousand craftsmen and metalworkers, all strong and fit for war.
  • 2 Chr 36:9-9 : 9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 At the turn of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, along with the precious articles of the house of the LORD. He made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he comes up like clouds, his chariots are like a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
  • Jer 22:23-28 : 23 You who live in Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, anguish like that of a woman in labor! 24 As surely as I live, declares the LORD, even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off. 25 I will hand you over to those who seek your life, to those you dread—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans. 26 I will hurl you and the mother who bore you into another land where neither of you were born—and there you will both die. 27 You will never return to the land you long to go back to. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, an object no one cares for? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
  • Jer 24:1 : 1 The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. This happened after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, along with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metalworkers, from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon.
  • Dan 7:4 : 4 The first was like a lion and had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground to stand on two feet like a man, and a human heart was given to it.
  • Matt 24:28 : 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

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    8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

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