Ezekiel 17:4 - Common English Bible

He plucked a twig from the cedar’s crown, brought it to the land of traders, and set it down in a city of merchants.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

he cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He broke off the topmost of its young twigs [the youthful King Jehoiachin] and carried it into a land of trade [Babylon]; he set it in a city of merchants.

American Standard Version (1901)

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He tore off the summit of its branches, and he transported it to the land of Canaan; he placed it in a city of merchants.