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In its boughs all the birds of the air had their nests,
beneath its branches all the wild animals gave birth to their young,
and all great nations lived in its shade.
It was beautiful in its greatness and the length of its branches,
because its roots went down to plenty of water.
No cedar in God’s garden was like it,
no cypress tree could compare with its boughs,
no chestnut tree could rival its branches,
no tree in God’s garden could match its beauty.

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All the birds of the sky
    nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
    gave birth(A) under its branches;
all the great nations
    lived in its shade.(B)
It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.(C)
The cedars(D) in the garden of God
    could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
    equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(E)
    compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
    could match its beauty.(F)

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