Ezekiel 31:14
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
soלְמַ֡עַן
(le·ma·'an)
4616: purpose, intentfrom anah
that allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
the treesעֲצֵי־
(a·tzei-)
6086: tree, trees, woodfrom an unused word
by the watersמַ֗יִם
(ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
may not be exaltedיִגְבְּה֨וּ
(yig·be·hu)
1361b: to be high, exalteda prim. root
in their stature,בְקֹומָתָ֜ם
(ve·ko·v·ma·tam)
6967: heightfrom qum
norלֹא־
(lo-)
3808: nota prim. adverb
setיִתְּנ֤וּ
(yit·te·nu)
5414: to give, put, seta prim. root
their topצַמַּרְתָּם֙
(tzam·mar·tam)
6788: (tree) topfrom the same as tsemer
amongבֵּ֣ין
(bein)
996: an interval, space betweenfrom bin
the clouds, 
 
5645: dark cloud, cloud mass, thicketfrom an unused word
norוְלֹֽא־
(ve·lo-)
3808: nota prim. adverb
their well-wateredשֹׁ֣תֵי
(sho·tei)
8354: to drinka prim. root
mightyאֵלֵיהֶ֛ם
(e·lei·hem)
352c: a leader, chieffrom the same as ulam
ones standיַעַמְד֧וּ
(ya·'am·du)
5975: to take one's stand, standa prim. root
[erect] in their height. 
 
6967: heightfrom qum
For they have allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
been givenנִתְּנ֨וּ
(nit·te·nu)
5414: to give, put, seta prim. root
over to death,לַמָּ֜וֶת
(lam·ma·vet)
4194: deathfrom muth
to the earthאֶ֣רֶץ
(e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
beneath,תַּחְתִּ֗ית
(tach·tit)
8482: lower, lowestfrom tachath
amongבְּתֹ֛וךְ
(be·to·vch)
8432: midstof uncertain derivation
the sonsבְּנֵ֥י
(be·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
of men,אָדָ֖ם
(a·dam)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
with those who go downיֹ֥ורְדֵי
(yo·vr·dei)
3381: to come or go down, descenda prim. root
to the pit."בֹֽור׃
(vo·vr.)
953a: a pit, cistern, wellfrom baar


















KJV Lexicon
To the end that none of all the trees
`ets  (ates)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
by the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
exalt
gabahh  (gaw-bah')
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty -- exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.;
themselves for their height
qowmah  (ko-maw')
height -- along, height, high, stature, tall.
neither shoot up
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
their top
tsammereth  (tsam-meh'-reth)
fleeciness, i.e. foliage -- highest branch, top.
among the thick boughs
`aboth  (ab-oth')
something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage -- band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).
neither their trees
'ayil  (ah'-yil)
mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
stand up
`amad  (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
in their height
gobahh  (go'-bah)
elation, grandeur, arrogance -- excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.
all that drink
shathah  (shaw-thaw')
to imbibe -- assuredly, banquet, certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (-ard), surely.
water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
for they are all delivered
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
unto death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
to the nether parts
tachtiy  (takh-tee')
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb) -- low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).
of the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
in the midst
tavek  (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
of the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of men
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
with them that go down
yarad  (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
to the pit
bowr  (bore)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the clouds, nor their well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit."

King James Bible
To 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 unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people who descend to the Pit."

International Standard Version
As a result, none of its watered trees will grow tall, their tops will never reach to the clouds, and they'll never grow so high again, because all of them have been appointed to death in the world beneath where human beings go, that is, down to the Pit.'"

NET Bible
For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the pit.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then all the other trees growing by the water were kept from becoming arrogant because of their height, and their tops were no longer allowed to reach the clouds. So no tree, even if it is well-watered, will ever stand that tall. Every tree is going to die and go below the earth to join those who have died and gone down to the pit.

King James 2000 Bible
So that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their tops among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
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