Bilangan 24:6

24:6 They are like ¹  valleys ²  stretched forth,

like gardens by the river’s side,

like aloes ³  that the Lord has planted,

and like cedar trees beside the waters.

Ayub 14:9

14:9 at the scent ⁴  of water it will flourish ⁵ 

and put forth ⁶  shoots like a new plant.

Yehezkiel 17:5

17:5 He took one of the seedlings ⁷  of the land,

placed it in a cultivated plot; ⁸ 

a shoot by abundant water,

like a willow he planted it.

[24:6]  ¹ tn Heb “as valleys they spread forth.”

[24:6]  ² tn Or “rows of palms.”

[24:6]  ³ sn The language seems to be more poetic than precise. N. H. Snaith notes that cedars do not grow beside water; he also connects “aloes” to the eaglewood that is more exotic, and capable of giving off an aroma (Leviticus and Numbers [NCB], 298).

[14:9]  ⁴ tn The personification adds to the comparison with people – the tree is credited with the sense of smell to detect the water.

[14:9]  ⁵ tn The sense of “flourish” for this verb is found in Ps 92:12,13[13,14], and Prov 14:11. It makes an appropriate parallel with “bring forth boughs” in the second half.

[14:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and will make.”

[17:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “took of the seed of the land.” For the vine imagery, “seedling” is a better translation, though in its subsequent interpretation the “seed” refers to Zedekiah through its common application to offspring.

[17:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “a field for seed.”