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“Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Ezekiel 15:2 · World English Bible
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  • KJV Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
  • BSB “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
  • NKJV “Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?
  • NASB “Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
  • NLT “Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree?

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Hos 10:1Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.
  • Ps 80:8–16You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
  • Isa 5:1–7Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
  • Song 8:11–12Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
  • Jer 2:21Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
  • Song 7:12Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
  • Song 6:11I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
  • Song 2:15Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.
  • Luke 20:9–16He began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
  • John 15:1–6“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
  • Mark 12:1–9He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
  • Matt 21:33–41“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
  • Mic 3:12Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.
  • Deut 32:32–33For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison grapes. Their clusters are bitter.
  • Isa 44:23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
  • Song 2:13The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”
  • Zech 11:2Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.

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