Parallel ISA 44:14

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BSB He cuts down cedars
⇔ or retrieves a cypress [fn] or oak.
 ⇔ He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.
⇔ He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

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OEB  ⇔ Forth a man goes to cut himself timber;
⇔ from the forest he chooses a plane or an oak,
 ⇔ which the Lord did plant, and the rain has nourished
⇔ for men to make use of as fuel for kindling.

WEB He cuts down cedars for himself,
⇔ and takes the cypress and the oak,
⇔ and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest.
 ⇔ He plants a cypress tree,
⇔ and the rain nourishes it.

NET He cuts down cedars
 ⇔ and acquires a cypress or an oak.
 ⇔ He gets trees from the forest;
 ⇔ he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.

LSV Cutting down cedars for himself,
He also takes a cypress, and an oak,
And he strengthens [it] for himself
Among the trees of a forest,
He has planted an ash, and the shower nourishes [it].

FBV He chops down cedars, or takes a cypress or an oak. He lets them grow strong in the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain makes it grow.

T4T Before he carves an idol from that block of wood, he has cut down a cedar tree,
⇔ or he has selected a cypress tree or an oak tree
⇔ and allowed it to grow tall in the forest.
 ⇔ Or, he has planted a pine/evergreen tree
⇔ and the rain has watered it and caused it to grow tall.

LEB  • he[fn] a holm tree and an oak, •  and he lets it grow strong for him among the trees of the forest. •  He plants a cedar, and the rain makes it grow.

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BBE 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.

MOF No MOF ISA book available

JPS He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the ilex and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest; he planteth a bay-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

ASV He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

DRA He hath cut down cedars, taken the holm, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rain hath nourished.

YLT Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish [it].

DBY When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth — he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh [it] grow.

RV He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

WBS He heweth down cedars for himself, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it .

KJB He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.[fn]
  (He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.)

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BB Moreouer, he goeth out to hewe Cedar trees, he bringeth home Elmes and Okes, and taking a bolde courage, he seeketh out the best timber of the wood: he him selfe hath planted a Pine tree, whiche the rayne hath swelled,
  (Moreover/What's_more, he goeth/goes out to hewe Cedar trees, he bringeth home Elmes and Okes, and taking a bolde courage, he seeketh out the best timber of the wood: he himself hath/has planted a Pine tree, which the rayne hath/has swelled,)

GNV He will hewe him downe cedars, and take the pine tree and the oke, and taketh courage among the trees of the forest: he planteth a firre tree, and the raine doeth nourish it.
  (He will hewe him down cedars, and take the pine tree and the oke, and taketh courage among the trees of the forest: he planteth a firre tree, and the raine doeth nourish it. )

CB Morouer, he goeth out to hewe downe Cedre trees: He bringeth home Elmes and okes, and other tymbre of the wodd. Or els the Fyrre trees which he planted himself, ad soch as the rayne hath swelled,
  (Moreover/What's_more, he goeth/goes out to hewe down Cedre trees: He bringeth home Elmes and okes, and other tymbre of the wodd. Or else the Fyrre trees which he planted himself, ad such as the rayne hath/has swelled,)

WYC He kittide doun cedris, he took an hawthorn, and an ook, that stood among the trees of the forest; he plauntide a pyne apple tre, which he nurschide with reyn,
  (He kittide down cedris, he took an hawthorn, and an ook, that stood among the trees of the forest; he plauntide a pyne apple tree, which he nurschide with reyn,)

LUT Er gehet frisch daran unter den Bäumen im Walde, daß er Zedern abhaue und nehme Buchen und Eichen, ja, eine Zeder, die gepflanzet und die vom Regen erwachsen ist
  (Er gehet frisch daran under the Bäumen in_the Walde, that he Zedern abhaue and nehme Buchen and Eichen, ja, one Zeder, the gepflanzet and the from_the Regen erwachsen ist)

CLV succidit cedros, tulit ilicem, et quercum, quæ steterat inter ligna saltus; plantavit pinum, quam pluvia nutrivit:
  (succidit cedros, took ilicem, and quercum, which steterat between ligna saltus; plantavit pinum, how pluvia nutrivit: )

BRN He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, even a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,

BrLXX Ἔκοψε ξύλον ἐκ τοῦ δρυμοῦ, ὃ ἐφύτευσε Κύριος, πίτυν, καὶ ὑετὸς ἐμήκυνεν,
  (Ekopse xulon ek tou drumou, ho efuteuse Kurios, pitun, kai huetos emaʸkunen, )