Ezekiel 17:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

It had been transplanted to good soil by abundant waters, so that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Though it was planted in good soil where water was plentiful for it to produce leaves and to bear fruit, it was transplanted, that it might become a splendid vine.

American Standard Version (1901)

It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

Common English Bible

a good field with plentiful water where it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

Catholic Public Domain Version

It had been planted in a good land, above many waters, so that it would produce branches and bear fruit, so that it would become a large vine.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

It was planted in a good ground upon many waters, that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit, that it might become a large vine.

Ezekiel 17:8 Cross References

Ezekiel 17:7

There was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage. And see! This vine stretched out its roots toward him; it shot out its branches toward him from the bed where it was planted so that he might water it.

Ezekiel 17:9

Say: Thus says the Lord God: Will it prosper? Will he not pull up its roots, cause its fruit to rot and wither, its fresh sprouting leaves to fade? No strong arm or mighty army will be needed to pull it from its roots.

Ezekiel 31:4

The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall, flowing with its rivers around the place it was planted, sending forth its streams to all the trees of the field.