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Hebrew Names Version

Ezekiel 31:1

It happened in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Festivals;   Shadow;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezekiel;   Paradise;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Month;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
King James Version
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
It was in the eleventh year of our captivity, in the third month, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
In the eleventh year [after King Jehoiachin was taken captive to Babylon], in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
It happened in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the eleuenth yeere, in the third moneth, and in the first day of the moneth the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
Eleven years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the first day of the third month. He said:
Complete Jewish Bible
On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year, the word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third [month], on the first of the month, [that] the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
On the first day of the third month in the eleventh year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
George Lamsa Translation
AND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying.
Good News Translation
On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me.
Lexham English Bible
And then in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
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,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, it happened in the xi. yeare ye first daye of the thirde Moneth, that the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Now in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe in the eleuenth yeere, in the third moneth, in the first day of the moneth, that the word of the Lord came vnto mee, saying;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moreouer, in the eleuenth yere, the first day of ye third moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was don in the enleuenthe yeer, in the thridde moneth, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
Ezekiel 17:22-40">[xr] Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the Lord :
New Life Bible
On the first day of the third month in the eleventh year, the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, in the eleventh year, the third month the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:
THE MESSAGE
In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, that pompous old goat: "‘Who do you, astride the world, think you really are? Look! Assyria was a Big Tree, huge as a Lebanon cedar, beautiful limbs offering cool shade, Skyscraper high, piercing the clouds. The waters gave it drink, the primordial deep lifted it high, Gushing out rivers around the place where it was planted, And then branching out in streams to all the trees in the forest. It was immense, dwarfing all the trees in the forest— Thick boughs, long limbs, roots delving deep into earth's waters. All the birds of the air nested in its boughs. All the wild animals gave birth under its branches. All the mighty nations lived in its shade. It was stunning in its majesty— the reach of its branches! the depth of its water-seeking roots! Not a cedar in God's garden came close to it. No pine tree was anything like it. Mighty oaks looked like bushes growing alongside it. Not a tree in God's garden was in the same class of beauty. I made it beautiful, a work of art in limbs and leaves, The envy of every tree in Eden, every last tree in God's garden.'"

Contextual Overview

1 It happened in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, tell Par`oh king of Mitzrayim, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness? 3 Behold, the Ashshur was a cedar in Levanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers of it ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot [them] forth. 6 All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations. 7 Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty. 9 I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of `Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the eleventh: On Sunday, June 19, am 3416, according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem. Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 30:20, Jeremiah 52:5, Jeremiah 52:6

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 8:1 - in the sixth year Ezekiel 20:1 - in the seventh Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year

Cross-References

Genesis 31:3
The LORD said to Ya`akov, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
Genesis 31:4
Ya`akov sent and called Rachel and Le'ah to the field to his flock,
Genesis 31:5
and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:8
If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.
Genesis 31:9
Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Genesis 31:16
For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."
Genesis 31:17
Then Ya`akov rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
Genesis 31:24
God came to Lavan, the Arammian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Ya`akov either good or bad."
Genesis 31:25
Lavan caught up with Ya`akov. Now Ya`akov had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Lavan with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gil`ad.
Genesis 45:13
You shall tell my father of all my glory in Mitzrayim, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in the eleventh year,.... Of Zedekiah's reign, and Jeconiah's captivity:

in the third month, in the first day of the month: the month Sivan, which began on the twentieth of our May, and answers to part of May, and part of June; this was about seven weeks after the former prophecy, and about five weeks before the destruction of Jerusalem; according to Bishop Usher n, this was on the nineteenth of June, on the first day of the week, in 3416 A.M. or before Christ 588:

that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; as follows:

n Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3416.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the third month - More than a month before Jerusalem was taken (compare Jeremiah 39:2).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXI

This very beautiful chapter relates also to Egypt. The prophet

describes to Pharaoh the fall of the king of Nineveh, (see the

books of Nahum, Jonah, and Zephaniah,) under the image of a

fair cedar of Lebanon, once exceedingly tall, flourishing, and

majestic, but now cut down and withered, with its broken

branches strewed around, 1-17.

He then concludes with bringing the matter home to the king of

Egypt, by telling him that this was a picture of his

approaching fate, 18.

The beautiful cedar of Lebanon, remarkable for its loftiness,

and in the most flourishing condition, but afterwards cut down

and deserted, gives a very lately painting of the great glory

and dreadful catastrophe of both the Assyrian and Egyptian

monarchies. The manner in which the prophet has embellished his

subject is deeply interesting; the colouring is of that kind

which the mind will always contemplate with pleasure.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXI

Verse Ezekiel 31:1. In the eleventh year — On Sunday, June 19, A.M. 3416, according to Abp. Usher; a month before Jerusalem was taken by the Chaldeans.


 
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