I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God.

我使它的枝条蕃多，成为荣美，以致神伊甸园中的树都嫉妒它。”

我使它枝条繁多，极为荣美；在上帝的园中，伊甸所有的树都嫉妒它。”

我使它枝条繁多，极为荣美；在神的园中，伊甸所有的树都嫉妒它。”

我使它枝繁叶茂，美丽无比，以致上帝伊甸园里的树木都羡慕它。’

我使它因枝条繁多而显得秀美，以致在神的园中，伊甸所有的树木都嫉妒它。

我使它的枝條蕃多，成為榮美，以致神伊甸園中的樹都嫉妒它。」

我使它枝條繁多，極為榮美；在上帝的園中，伊甸所有的樹都嫉妒它。」

我使它枝條繁多，極為榮美；在神的園中，伊甸所有的樹都嫉妒它。」

我使它枝繁葉茂，美麗無比，以致上帝伊甸園裡的樹木都羡慕它。』

我使它因枝條繁多而顯得秀美，以致在神的園中，伊甸所有的樹木都嫉妒它。

我以其枝條之茂盛而使它美麗，以致上帝園中伊甸的眾樹都羨慕它。

我使其枝繁盛、因而榮美、致上帝囿伊甸諸木、咸嫉妒之、

枝葉向榮、葱蒨可悅、我使之然、上帝囿中諸木、亦嫉其高、

我使其柯條繁多、甚為榮美、天主園中、一切伊甸樹木、無不嫉之、

I gave it many branches. They made it beautiful. All the trees in my Garden of Eden were jealous of it.’ ”

I made it beautiful in the mass of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God.

Because I made this tree so beautiful, and gave it such magnificent foliage, it was the envy of all the other trees of Eden, the garden of God.

I made it beautiful with its many limbs, and all the trees of Eden, which were in God’s garden, envied it.

I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, And all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.

I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied it, That were in the garden of God.’

I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

I made it beautiful with its many limbs, and all the trees of Eden, which were in God’s garden, envied it.

I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that[ were] in the garden of God, envied him.

I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.

I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.’

The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.

Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt.( This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well- watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him.

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:“ God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground— trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.

But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.“ But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.

He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

“‘ Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.“‘ This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down!

Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Your Majesty, you are that tree! You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.“ Your Majesty saw a holy one, a messenger, coming down from heaven and saying,‘ Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump, bound with iron and bronze, in the grass of the field, while its roots remain in the ground. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven; let him live with the wild animals, until seven times pass by for him.’“ This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree the Most High has issued against my lord the king:You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory;in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

All the trees of the forest will know that I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.“‘ I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’”

One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree,‘ Be our king.’“ But the olive tree answered,‘ Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honored, to hold sway over the trees?’“ Next, the trees said to the fig tree,‘ Come and be our king.’“ But the fig tree replied,‘ Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?’“ Then the trees said to the vine,‘ Come and be our king.’“ But the vine answered,‘ Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees?’“ Finally all the trees said to the thornbush,‘ Come and be our king.’“ The thornbush said to the trees,‘ If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’“ Have you acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelek king? Have you been fair to Jerub- Baal and his family? Have you treated him as he deserves?Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian.But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.So have you acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub- Baal and his family today? If you have, may Abimelek be your joy, and may you be his, too!But if you have not, let fire come out from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!”

No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

“‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.