All the birds of the sky
nested in its branches,(A)
and all the animals of the field
gave birth beneath its boughs;
all the great nations lived in its shade.
It was beautiful in its size,
in the length of its limbs,
for its roots extended to abundant water.
The cedars in God’s garden could not eclipse it;(B)
the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,
nor could the plane trees match its boughs.
No tree in the garden of God
could compare with it in 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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