International Standard Version He plucked off the top of its shoot, brought it to a land of merchants, and set it down in a city full of traders.
American Standard Version he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
Young's Literal Translation The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.