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Isaiah 44:14

NETBible	He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress¹ or an oak. He gets² trees from the forest; he plants a cedar³ and the rain makes it grow.
NIV © biblegateway Isa 44:14	He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 44:14	Surely he cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and raises it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain makes it grow.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 44:14	He cuts down cedars; he selects the cypress and the oak; he plants the cedar in the forest to be nourished by the rain.
MSG © biblegateway Isa 44:14	He first cuts down a cedar, or maybe picks out a pine or oak, and lets it grow strong in the forest, nourished by the rain.
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 44:14	He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 44:14	He cuts down cedars or chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 44:14	He cuts down cedars for himself, And takes the cypress and the oak; He secures it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it .
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KJV	He heweth him down <03772> (8800) cedars <0730>_, and taketh <03947> (8799) the cypress <08645> and the oak <0437>_, which he strengtheneth <0553> (8762) for himself among the trees <06086> of the forest <03293>_: he planteth <05193> (8804) an ash <0766>_, and the rain <01653> doth nourish <01431> (8762) [it]. {strengtheneth: or, taketh courage}
NASB © biblegateway Isa 44:14	Surely he cuts <03772> cedars <0730> for himself, and takes <03947> a cypress <08645> or an oak <0437> and raises <0553> it for himself among the trees <06086> of the forest <03293> . He plants <05193> a fir <0766> , and the rain <01653> makes <01431> it grow <01431> .
LXXM	o <3739> R-NSM ekoqen <2875> V-AAI-3S xulon <3586> N-ASN ek <1537> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM drumou {N-GSM} o <3739> R-NSM efuteusen <5452> V-AAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ uetov <5205> N-NSM emhkunen <3373> V-IAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	He cuts down <03772> cedars <0730> and acquires <03947> a cypress <08645> or an oak <0437> . He gets <0553> trees <06086> from the forest <03293> ; he plants <05193> a cedar <0766> and the rain <01653> makes it grow <01431> .
HEBREW	ldgy <01431> Msgw <01653> Nra <0766> ejn <05193> rey <03293> yueb <06086> wl <0> Umayw <0553> Nwlaw <0437> hzrt <08645> xqyw <03947> Myzra <0730> wl <0> trkl (44:14) <03772>

NETBible

He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress¹ or an oak. He gets² trees from the forest; he plants a cedar³ and the rain makes it grow.

NET Notes

¹tn It is not certain what type of tree this otherwise unattested noun refers to. Cf. ASV “a holm-tree” (NRSV similar).

²tn Heb “strengthens for himself,” i.e., “secures for himself” (see BDB 55 s.v. אָמֵץ Pi.2).

³tn Some prefer to emend אֹרֶן (’oren) to אֶרֶז (’erez, “cedar”), but the otherwise unattested noun appears to have an Akkadian cognate, meaning “cedar.” See H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 44-45. HALOT 90 s.v. I אֹרֶן offers the meaning “laurel.”