# Every bird of the heavens nested in its branches

"All kinds of birds that fly in the sky made nests in its branches"

# while every living thing of the field gave birth to its young under its foliage

"and all of the creatures that live in the field gave birth under the cedar's branches"

# All of the many nations lived under its shade

"All of the great nations lived in the shade of that tree." Here "nations" represents the people who live there. Alternate translation: "The people from all the nations lived in the shade of that tree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])