Isaiah 44:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

Young's Literal Translation
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].

King James Bible
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].

Hebrew
He cuts down
לִכְרָת־ (liḵ·rāṯ-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

cedars
אֲרָזִ֔ים (’ă·rā·zîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 730: A cedar tree

or retrieves
וַיִּקַּ֤ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a cypress
תִּרְזָה֙ (tir·zāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8645: A species of tree, the cypress

or oak.
וְאַלּ֔וֹן (wə·’al·lō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 437: An oak, other strong tree

He lets it grow strong
וַיְאַמֶּץ־ (way·’am·meṣ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 553: To be stout, strong, bold, alert

among the trees
בַּעֲצֵי־ (ba·‘ă·ṣê-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

of the forest.
יָ֑עַר (yā·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb

He plants
נָטַ֥ע (nā·ṭa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant

a laurel,
אֹ֖רֶן‪‬ (’ō·ren)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 766: The ash tree

and the rain
וְגֶ֥שֶׁם (wə·ḡe·šem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1653: Rain, shower

makes it grow.
יְגַדֵּֽל׃ (yə·ḡad·dêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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