Ezekiel 17:4

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

American King James Version (AKJV)

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

American Standard Version (ASV)

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.

Webster's Revision

He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

World English Bible

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

English Revised Version (ERV)

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

Clarke's Ezekiel 17:4 Bible Commentary

The top of his young twigs - The princes of Judah.

A land of traffic - Chaldea.

A city of merchants - Babylon; for which this city was the most celebrated of all the cities of the east. Its situation procured it innumerable advantages; its two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, and the Persian Gulf, gave it communication with the richest and the most distant nations.

Barnes's Ezekiel 17:4 Bible Commentary

A land of traffick - The land of Babylon.

Wesley's Ezekiel 17:4 Bible Commentary

17:4 The top - Both the king of Judah, now eighteen years old, and the nobles and chief of the land. Into a land - Babylon, which was a city of mighty trade.