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All the birds of the sky
    made their nests in the tree’s branches.
And all the wild animals
    gave birth under the tree’s branches.
All great nations
    lived in the tree’s shade.
So the tree was great and beautiful,
    with its long branches.
    Its roots reached down to many waters.
The cedar trees in the garden of God
    were not as great as it was.
The pine trees
    did not have such great branches.
The plane trees
    did not have such branches.
No tree in the garden of God
    was as beautiful as this tree.

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All the birds of the sky
    nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
    gave birth(A) under its branches;
all the great nations
    lived in its shade.(B)
It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.(C)
The cedars(D) in the garden of God
    could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
    equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(E)
    compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
    could match its beauty.(F)

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