| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Eze 17:8 | Strong Concordance | It was planted [08362] in a good [02896] soil [07704] by great [07227] waters [04325], that it might bring forth [06213] branches [06057], and that it might bear [05375] fruit [06529], that it might be a goodly [0155] vine [01612]. |
| King James | It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| It was planted in a good soil--It was not want of the necessaries of life, nor oppression on the port of Nebuchadnezzar, which caused Zedekiah to revolt: it was gratuitous ambition, pride, and ingratitude. |