KJV King James Version
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 15:2
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
WEB World English Bible
Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
ASV American Standard Version
Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that hath been, Among trees of the forest?
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 15
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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?
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for [any] work?
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for [any] work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
Cross-references
Hosea 10:1Israel [is] an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.Psalm 80:8-16Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.Isaiah 5:1-7Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:John 15:1-6I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.Song of Solomon 2:15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.Song of Solomon 8:11-12Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.Song of Solomon 7:12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.Jeremiah 2:21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?Song of Solomon 6:11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, [and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the pomegranates budded.Luke 20:9-16Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.Matthew 21:33-41Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:Deuteronomy 32:32-33For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:Mark 12:1-9And he began to speak unto them by parables. A [certain] man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it], and digged [a place for] the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.Micah 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.Zechariah 11:2Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.Song of Solomon 2:13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.Isaiah 44:23Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done [it]: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
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