அவன் தனக்குக் கேதுருக்களை வெட்டுகிறான்; ஒரு மருதமரத்தையாவது கர்வாலிமரத்தையாவது, தெரிந்துகொண்டு, காட்டுமரங்களிலே பெலத்த மரத்தைத் தன் காரியத்துக்காக வளர்க்கிறான்; அல்லது அசோகமரத்தை நடுகிறான், மழை அதை வளரச்செய்யும்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth — he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh [it] grow.
World English Bible (WEB)
He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest: he plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth `it’ for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish `it’.
Cross Reference
Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Hosea 4:12
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Habakkuk 2:19
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Isaiah 40:20
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
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