Ezekiel 17:8
New International Version
It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

New Living Translation
even though it was already planted in good soil and had plenty of water so it could grow into a splendid vine and produce rich leaves and luscious fruit.

English Standard Version
It had been planted on good soil by abundant waters, that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.

Berean Standard Bible
It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

King James Bible
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

New King James Version
It was planted in good soil by many waters, To bring forth branches, bear fruit, And become a majestic vine.” ’

New American Standard Bible
It was planted in good soil beside abundant waters, so that it would produce branches and bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.”’

NASB 1995
“It was planted in good soil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine."’

NASB 1977
“It was planted in good soil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.”’

Legacy Standard Bible
It was planted in a good field beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a majestic vine.”’

Amplified Bible
It was planted in good soil where water was plentiful for it to produce leaves and branches and to bear fruit, so that it might become a splendid vine.”’

Christian Standard Bible
It had been planted in a good field by abundant water in order to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It had been planted in a good field by abundant waters in order to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

American Standard Version
It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In a beautiful field and in many waters it is planted, that it would make leaves and it would bear fruit and there would be a glorious vine

Brenton Septuagint Translation
She thrives in a fair field by much water, to produce shoots and bear fruit, that she might become a great vine.

Contemporary English Version
But the vine was already growing in fertile soil, where there was plenty of water to produce healthy leaves and large grapes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It was planted in a good ground upon many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and bear fruit, that it might become a large vine.

English Revised Version
It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It was planted in good soil beside plenty of water so that it could grow branches, bear fruit, and become a wonderful vine.'

Good News Translation
But the vine had already been planted in a fertile, well-watered field so that it could grow leaves and bear grapes and be a magnificent vine.

International Standard Version
It was transplanted into good soil near abundant water, and it produced branches and bore fruit, becoming a magnificent vine."'

JPS Tanakh 1917
It was planted in a good soil By many waters, That it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, That it might be a stately vine.

Literal Standard Version
On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, to make branches, and to bear fruit, to be for a good vine.

Majority Standard Bible
It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

New American Bible
it was transplanted to a fertile field By abundant waters, to produce branches, to bear fruit, to become a majestic vine.

NET Bible
In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.

New Revised Standard Version
it was transplanted to good soil by abundant waters, so that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.

New Heart English Bible
It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine."'

Webster's Bible Translation
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

World English Bible
It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’

Young's Literal Translation
On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine
7But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it. 8It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’ 9So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 17:7
But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.

Ezekiel 17:9
So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.

Ezekiel 31:4
The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.


Treasury of Scripture

It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

soil.

Ezekiel 17:5,6
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree…

and that.

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Ezekiel 17
1. Under the parable of two eagles and a vine
11. is shown God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt
22. God promises to plant the cedar of the Gospel














Verse 8. - Ezekiel repeats, as justifying Nebuchadnezzar's action, that his first intention had been to leave Zedekiah under conditions which would have given his kingdom a fair measure of prosperity. The vine might have borne fruit.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
It
הִ֣יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

had been planted
שְׁתוּלָ֑ה (šə·ṯū·lāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 8362: To transplant

in
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

good
טּ֛וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

soil
שָׂ֥דֶה (śā·ḏeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

by
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

abundant
רַבִּ֖ים (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

waters
מַ֥יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

in order to yield
לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

branches
עָנָף֙ (‘ā·nāp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6057: A branch, bough

and bear
וְלָשֵׂ֣את (wə·lā·śêṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

fruit
פֶּ֔רִי (pe·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6529: Fruit

and become
לִהְי֖וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a splendid
אַדָּֽרֶת׃ (’ad·dā·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 155: Something ample

vine.’
לְגֶ֥פֶן (lə·ḡe·p̄en)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1612: A vine, the grape


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