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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Son of man, what shall be made of the wood of the vine, out of all the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?

Ezekiel 15:2 Cross References

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.

Song of Solomon 2:15

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

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 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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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!