Parallel Verses
- New Living Translation - I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
- 新标点和合本 - 我见过恶人大有势力， 好像一棵青翠树在本土生发。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我见过恶人大有势力， 高耸如本地青翠的树木。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我见过恶人大有势力， 高耸如本地青翠的树木。
- 当代译本 - 我见过邪恶残暴之人， 势如本地青翠的香柏树，
- 圣经新译本 - 我曾看见强暴的恶人兴旺， 像树木在本土茂盛。
- 中文标准译本 - 我曾看到恶人的强横， 像本地青翠的树那样蔓延；
- 现代标点和合本 - 我见过恶人大有势力， 好像一根青翠树在本土生发。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 我见过恶人大有势力， 好像一根青翠树在本土生发。
- New International Version - I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
- New International Reader's Version - I saw a mean and sinful person. He was doing well, like a green tree in its own land.
- English Standard Version - I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.
- The Message - I saw Wicked bloated like a toad, croaking pretentious nonsense. The next time I looked there was nothing— a punctured bladder, vapid and limp.
- Christian Standard Bible - I have seen a wicked, violent person well-rooted, like a flourishing native tree.
- New American Standard Bible - I have seen a wicked, violent person Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
- New King James Version - I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree.
- Amplified Bible - I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power] Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
- American Standard Version - I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
- King James Version - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- New English Translation - I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.
- World English Bible - I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
- 新標點和合本 - 我見過惡人大有勢力， 好像一棵青翠樹在本土生發。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我見過惡人大有勢力， 高聳如本地青翠的樹木。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我見過惡人大有勢力， 高聳如本地青翠的樹木。
- 當代譯本 - 我見過邪惡殘暴之人， 勢如本地青翠的香柏樹，
- 聖經新譯本 - 我曾看見強暴的惡人興旺， 像樹木在本土茂盛。
- 呂振中譯本 - 我見過惡人強橫可怖， 挺然高聳 、像茂盛 的香柏樹 。
- 中文標準譯本 - 我曾看到惡人的強橫， 像本地青翠的樹那樣蔓延；
- 現代標點和合本 - 我見過惡人大有勢力， 好像一根青翠樹在本土生發。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我見惡人勢盛、張大如青葱之樹、在其本土兮、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我見惡者強暴、蔓衍葱蘢、若茂樹兮、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我曾見強暴之惡人興旺、如根深葉茂之大樹、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 曾見惡勢張。葱翠如春林。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - He visto al déspota y malvado extenderse como cedro frondoso.
- 현대인의 성경 - 내가 한때 악인이 거만을 부리며 레바논의 백향목처럼 그 콧대가 하늘 높이 치솟는 것을 보았으나
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - J’ai vu le méchant, ╵dans sa violence, croître comme un arbre florissant ╵bien enraciné ╵sur son sol natal.
- リビングバイブル - この光景は私自身も目にしました。 そびえ立つレバノン杉のように、 おごり高ぶった悪者が、 次の瞬間には影も形もなくなっていたのです。 ひとみをこらして捜しましたが、 その姿は消え失せていました。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Vi um homem ímpio e cruel florescendo como frondosa árvore nativa,
- Hoffnung für alle - Ich sah einmal einen gottlosen und gewalttätigen Menschen, der war wie ein mächtiger Baum, der alles überragt.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ta đã chứng kiến người độc ác, bạo tàn thịnh vượng như cây xanh tươi trong đất tốt
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าเห็นคนชั่วร้ายอำมหิตเจริญรุ่งเรือง ดั่งต้นไม้เขียวขจีในถิ่นฐานของมัน
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้าเคยเห็นคนชั่วช้าสามานย์ ยืนสูงเด่นเป็นสง่าดั่งต้นซีดาร์แห่งเลบานอน
Cross Reference
- Daniel 4:20 - The tree you saw was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.
- Daniel 4:21 - It had fresh green leaves and was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches.
- Daniel 4:22 - That tree, Your Majesty, is you. For you have grown strong and great; your greatness reaches up to heaven, and your rule to the ends of the earth.
- Daniel 4:23 - “‘Then you saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, “Cut down the tree and destroy it. But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven. Let him live with the animals of the field for seven periods of time.”
- Daniel 4:24 - “‘This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what the Most High has declared will happen to my lord the king.
- Daniel 4:25 - You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.
- Daniel 4:26 - But the stump and roots of the tree were left in the ground. This means that you will receive your kingdom back again when you have learned that heaven rules.
- Daniel 4:27 - “‘King Nebuchadnezzar, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.’
- Daniel 4:28 - “But all these things did happen to King Nebuchadnezzar.
- Daniel 4:29 - Twelve months later he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in Babylon.
- Daniel 4:30 - As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’
- Daniel 4:31 - “While these words were still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, ‘O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom.
- Daniel 4:32 - You will be driven from human society. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.’
- Daniel 4:33 - “That same hour the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebuchadnezzar was driven from human society. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven. He lived this way until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers and his nails were like birds’ claws.
- Job 21:7 - “Why do the wicked prosper, growing old and powerful?
- Job 21:8 - They live to see their children grow up and settle down, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
- Job 21:9 - Their homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them.
- Job 21:10 - Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves and never miscarry.
- Job 21:11 - They let their children frisk about like lambs. Their little ones skip and dance.
- Job 21:12 - They sing with tambourine and harp. They celebrate to the sound of the flute.
- Job 21:13 - They spend their days in prosperity, then go down to the grave in peace.
- Job 21:14 - And yet they say to God, ‘Go away. We want no part of you and your ways.
- Job 21:15 - Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us to pray?’
- Job 21:16 - (They think their prosperity is of their own doing, but I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.)
- Job 21:17 - “Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished. Do they ever have trouble? Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger?
- Esther 5:11 - and boasted to them about his great wealth and his many children. He bragged about the honors the king had given him and how he had been promoted over all the other nobles and officials.
- Psalms 73:3 - For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.
- Psalms 73:4 - They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong.
- Psalms 73:5 - They don’t have troubles like other people; they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.
- Psalms 73:6 - They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty.
- Psalms 73:7 - These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!
- Psalms 73:8 - They scoff and speak only evil; in their pride they seek to crush others.
- Psalms 73:9 - They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth.
- Psalms 73:10 - And so the people are dismayed and confused, drinking in all their words.
- Psalms 73:11 - “What does God know?” they ask. “Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”
- Ezekiel 31:18 - “O Egypt, to which of the trees of Eden will you compare your strength and glory? You, too, will be brought down to the depths with all these other nations. You will lie there among the outcasts who have died by the sword. This will be the fate of Pharaoh and all his hordes. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
- Isaiah 14:14 - I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’
- Isaiah 14:15 - Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths.
- Isaiah 14:16 - Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble?
- Isaiah 14:17 - Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’
- Isaiah 14:18 - “The kings of the nations lie in stately glory, each in his own tomb,
- Isaiah 14:19 - but you will be thrown out of your grave like a worthless branch. Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will be dumped into a mass grave with those killed in battle. You will descend to the pit.
- Job 8:13 - The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
- Job 8:14 - Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.
- Job 8:15 - They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
- Job 8:16 - The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.
- Job 8:17 - Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
- Job 8:18 - But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!
- Job 8:19 - That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
- Ezekiel 31:6 - The birds nested in its branches, and in its shade all the wild animals gave birth. All the great nations of the world lived in its shadow.
- Ezekiel 31:7 - It was strong and beautiful, with wide-spreading branches, for its roots went deep into abundant water.
- Ezekiel 31:8 - No other cedar in the garden of God could rival it. No cypress had branches to equal it; no plane tree had boughs to compare. No tree in the garden of God came close to it in beauty.
- Ezekiel 31:9 - 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.
- Ezekiel 31:10 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because Egypt became proud and arrogant, and because it set itself so high above the others, with its top reaching to the clouds,
- Job 5:3 - I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster.