Ezekiel 31

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 31 of 48

¹ And it happened in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

² Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his host: To whom are you like in your greatness?

³ Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches and forest shade and exalted in height, and his top was among the thick boughs.

Chapter Summary

The glory of Assyria, and her fall for pride.

אֶ֫רֶז cedar H730 · TWOT 160a

קוֹמָה height, stature H6967 · TWOT 1999a

גֹּ֫בַהּ loftiness, pride H1363 · TWOT 305b

צַמֶּ֫רֶת treetop H6788 · TWOT 1931b

תְּהוֹם the deep H8415 · TWOT 2495a

שְׁאוֹל Sheol, the grave H7585 · TWOT 2303c

Pharaoh

King of Egypt, addressed by the prophet and likened to the towering cedar that is brought down to Sheol.

Word-for-word literal translation with Hebrew interlinear, Strong's numbers, and audio.