The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.
Ezekiel 31:4 - New Revised Standard Version The waters nourished it, the deep made it grow tall, making its rivers flow around the place it was planted, sending forth its streams to all the trees of the field. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall; its rivers ran round about its planting, sending out its streams to all the trees of the forest [the other nations]. American Standard Version (1901) The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field. Common English Bible Waters nourished it; the deep raised it up, because its streams flowed around the place where it was planted. From there, water trickled down to all the other trees of the field. Catholic Public Domain Version The waters have nourished him. The abyss has exalted him. Its rivers have flowed around his roots, and it has sent forth its streams to all the trees of the regions. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The waters nourished him, the deep set him up on high, the streams thereof ran round about his roots, and it sent forth its rivulets to all the trees of the country. |
The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.
Therefore thus says the Lord: I am going to defend your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry;
Then he took a seed from the land, placed it in fertile soil; A plant by abundant waters, he set it like a willow twig.
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, so that he might water it. From the bed where it was planted
it was transplanted to good soil by abundant waters, so that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore who is seated on many waters,
And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.