Ézéchiel 31:16

Darby's French Translation

Du bruit de sa chute je fis trembler les nations, quand je le fis descendre dans le shéol avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse; et tous les arbres d'Éden, l'élite et le meilleur du Liban, tous ceux qui buvaient des eaux, furent consolés dans les lieux bas de la terre.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
J'�branlai les nations par le bruit de sa ruine, quand je le fis descendre au s�pulcre, avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse; et tous les arbres d'H�den, l'�lite et le meilleur du Liban, tous humant l'eau, furent rendus contents au bas de la terre.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
J'�branlai les nations par le bruit de sa chute, quand je l'ai pr�cipit� dans le S�pulcre, avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse. Tous les arbres d'�den, l'�lite et le meilleur du Liban, tous arros�s d'eau, furent consol�s dans les profondeurs de la terre.

Louis Segond (1910)
Par le bruit de sa chute j'ai fait trembler les nations, Quand je l'ai pr�cipit� dans le s�jour des morts, Avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse; Tous les arbres d'Eden ont �t� consol�s dans les profondeurs de la terre, Les plus beaux et les meilleurs du Liban, Tous arros�s par les eaux.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made: Ezekiel 26:10, Ezekiel 26:15, Ezekiel 27:28, Nahum 2:3, Haggai 2:7, Hebrews 12:26, Hebrews 12:27, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 18:9-24

When I: Ezekiel 32:18-32, Isaiah 14:15

and all: Ezekiel 31:9, Ezekiel 31:18, Isaiah 14:8, Habakkuk 2:17

shall be comforted: Ezekiel 31:14, Ezekiel 32:31, Isaiah 14:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:8 - eastward Genesis 2:9 - every Isaiah 23:11 - stretched Jeremiah 50:46 - General Daniel 4:20 - General Matthew 11:23 - which art

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall,.... As, when a large cedar was cut down and fell in Lebanon, the noise of it was heard at a distance; so when this mighty monarch and monarchy fell, the nations of the world, and the kings of them, heard of it far and near, and shook through fear of what would be the consequence, lest they should fall also in like manner:

when I cast him down to hell, or "the grave",

with them that descend into the pit; in common with other men that die, and are buried: it may refer to his subjects and soldiers that perished with him, who were slain by the sword, and were buried with him, and he with them; no distinction being made between them:

and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water; the greatest kings and potentates of the world, the chief and principal of the Assyrian empire; all that ruled over multitudes of people, and partook of their wealth and riches, and were supported in grandeur and dignity; who had been in the state of the dead before this time:

shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth; when they see so mighty a monarch depressed, and brought as low as they, into the same state of meanness and contempt; as it is some kind of solace for persons in distress to have partners with them: this is a poetic expression, representing the dead as rejoicing to see others in the same condition with themselves. The Targum is,

"all the kings of the east, the governors, and those that are rich in substance, all that hold a kingdom, are comforted in the lower part of the earth.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Effect of Assyria’s fall.

Ezekiel 31:15

I covered the deep - To cover with sack-cloth was an expression of mourning Ezekiel 27:31. The deep, the source of Assyria’s prosperity Ezekiel 31:4, was made to mourn, being dried up instead of giving forth its waters, its glad abundance.

For him - Upon his account.

Floods ... great waters - Or, rivers ... the multitude of waters (as in Ezekiel 31:4-5).

Lebanon represents the country which Assyria governed; “the trees,” the tributary princes.

Ezekiel 31:16

See the marginal references.

Ezekiel 31:17

His arm ... - The subject princes who were his strength and support in war.