Ezekiel 31:13
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New International Version (©2011)
All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"The birds roost on its fallen trunk, and the wild animals lie among its branches.

English Standard Version (©2001)
On its fallen trunk dwell all the birds of the heavens, and on its branches are all the beasts of the field.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"On its ruin all the birds of the heavens will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
All the birds of the sky nested on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field were among its boughs.

International Standard Version (©2012)
All the birds in the sky will live among its ruins, and the wild animals will forage among its branches.

NET Bible (©2006)
On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals will walk on its branches.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
All the birds perched on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived in its branches.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Upon its ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon its branches:

American King James Version
On his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be on his branches:

American Standard Version
Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;

Douay-Rheims Bible
All the fowls of the air dwelt upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the field were among his branches.

Darby Bible Translation
Upon his fallen trunk do all the fowl of the heavens dwell, and all the beasts of the field are upon his branches:

English Revised Version
Upon his ruin all the fowls of the heaven shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

Webster's Bible Translation
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

World English Bible
On his ruin all the birds of the sky shall dwell, and all the animals of the field shall be on his branches;

Young's Literal Translation
On his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

31:10-18 The king of Egypt resembled the king of Assyria in his greatness: here we see he resembles him in his pride. And he shall resemble him in his fall. His own sin brings his ruin. None of our comforts are ever lost, but what have been a thousand times forfeited. When great men fall, many fall with them, as many have fallen before them. The fall of proud men is for warning to others, to keep them humble. See how low Pharaoh lies; and see what all his pomp and pride are come to. It is best to be a lowly tree of righteousness, yielding fruit to the glory of God, and to the good of men. The wicked man is often seen flourishing like the cedar, and spreading like the green bay tree, but he soon passes away, and his place is no more found. Let us then mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 13. - Upon his ruin. The prophet, as it were, corrects his imagery. The birds and beasts are still there, but instead of dwelling in the boughs, they (vultures and owls, jackals and hyenas) hover and creep as over the carcass of the dead, decaying trunk.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain,.... Or, "on his fall" (s); the fall of this tree: and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches as when a tree is cut down, and its lopped off branches and boughs lie here and there, either the birds and beasts that before dwelt in it or under it, though for a while frightened away, return unto it; or others come: the birds come and sit upon the boughs, and pick up what they can find on them; and the beasts browse upon the branches: this may signify that even those people who before put themselves under the protection of this monarch, or sought alliance with him, now preyed upon his dominions; or the Medes and Babylonians, the conquerors, seized on the provinces of the empire, and plundered them of their riches, The Targum understands it literally of the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, feeding upon the carcasses of the slain; which is no bad sense of the passage; thus,

"upon the fall of his slain all the fowls of heaven have dwelt, and upon the carcasses of his army all the beasts of the field have rested.''

(s) "super prolapse ejus", Cocceius; "super cadivum truncum ejus", Junius & Tremellius.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. Birds and beasts shall insult over his fallen trunk.

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Egypt will Fall Like Assyria
…12And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. 13On his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be on his branches: 14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the middle of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. …

Isaiah 18:6 They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey and to the wild animals; the birds will feed on them all summer, the wild animals all winter.
Ezekiel 29:5 I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and not be gathered or picked up. I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.
Ezekiel 31:6 All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs, all the animals of the wild gave birth under its branches; all the great nations lived in its shade.
Ezekiel 32:4 I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.
Daniel 4:14 He called in a loud voice: 'Cut down the tree and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches.