Ezekiel 15:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² O mortal, how does the wood of the vine surpass all other wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Son of man, How is the wood of the grapevine [Israel] more than that of any tree, the vine branch which was among the trees of the forest? [Ps. 80:8-13; Jer. 2:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Common English Bible

² Human one, how is the vine’s wood better than the wood of all the trees in the forest?

Catholic Public Domain Version

² "Son of man, what can be made from the stalk of a vine, compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?

Ezekiel 15:2 Cross References

Hosea 10:1

Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I planted you as a choice vine from the purest stock. How then did you turn degenerate and become a wild vine?

Song of Solomon 7:12

let us go out early to the vineyards; let us see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

Song of Solomon 6:11

I went down to the nut orchard to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.

Song of Solomon 2:15

Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in blossom.”

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!

Micah 3:12

Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple a wooded height.

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob and will be glorified in Israel.

Song of Solomon 2:13

The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Ezekiel 15:1

The word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 15:3

Is wood taken from it to make anything? Does one take a peg from it on which to hang any object?

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried it up; its fruit was stripped off; its strong stem was withered; the fire consumed it.