12 I took root in a people that was honored, even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance. (WEB) 13 I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, And like a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon. (WEB) 14 I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, like rose bushes in Jericho, and like a fair olive tree in the plain. I was exalted like a plane tree. (WEB)
Sirach 24:12–14
Semantically similar passages
Sirach 50:9–11
9 like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of beaten gold adorned with all kinds of precious stones, (WEB) 10 like an olive tree loaded with fruit, and like a cypress growing high among the clouds. (WEB) 11 When he put on his glorious robe, and clothed himself in perfect… (WEB)
Ezekiel 31:8–10
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty. 9 I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all…
Hosea 14:5–7
5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. 6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. 7 They will return and dwell in his shade; th…
Numbers 24:5–7
5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! 6 They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters. 7 Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water…
Psalms 80:9–11
9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. 10 The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. 11 It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
Ezekiel 31:4–6
4 The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs g…
Psalms 92:11–13
11 My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes. 12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Odes of Solomon 36:3–5
3 The Spirit brought me forth before the face of the Lord: and, although a son of man, I was named the Illuminate, the Son of God: (ODE) 4 While I praised amongst the praising ones, and great was I amongst the mighty ones. (ODE) 5 For according to the greatness of the Most High,… (ODE)
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources