Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageConsider Assyria — a cedar of Lebanon, beautiful in its spreading branches, casting deep shade like a forest, soaring in height, its crown lifting into the thick clouds.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GBehold, Ashur was a cedar in Levanon — fair of branch, a forest of deep shade, towering in stature, its crown thrust among the dense foliage.
KJV
King James VersionBehold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleLook at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
Footnotes
The phrase *bein avotim* (בֵּין עֲבֹתִים) is ambiguous: *avot* can mean 'thick boughs/foliage' or 'dark clouds.' FOG favours the arboreal sense — the cedar's crown lost among its own dense canopy — preserving the tree metaphor's internal coherence. FOG Message leans toward the cosmological sense of clouds, heightening the hubris of a tree that dares to intrude into the domain of the sky.
