Ezekiel 17:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.

In context

2 “Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

3 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

4 He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.

5 He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.

6 It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.

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Ezekiel 17:4 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
KJV King James Version: He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
WEB World English Bible: He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
ASV American Standard Version: he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.
DBY Darby Translation: He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
WBS Webster Bible: He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.