Ezekiel 47:7

Ezekiel 47:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
• New International Version (NIV)When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many trees on one side and the other.

Context of Ezekiel 47:7

5Again he measured a thousand [cubits]; and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be crossed [by wading]. 6And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me back to the bank of the river. Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah (the Jordan Valley); then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the Dead Sea shall be healed and become fresh. 9It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be a very great number of fish, because these waters go there so that the waters of the sea are healed and become fresh; so everything will live wherever the river goes.

Ezekiel 47:7 word by word

בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִי וְהִנֵּה֙ אֶל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַנַּ֔חַל עֵ֖ץ רַ֣ב מְאֹ֑ד מִזֶּ֖ה וּמִזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now when I had returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• behold, at the bankשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: shoreH8193
• of the riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• treesעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086

Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:7

• 1 Kings 9:26King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds), in the land of Edom.
• 2 Kings 2:13He picked up the mantle of Elijah that fell off him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
• Ezekiel 47:12By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They shall bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
• Genesis 2:9And [in that garden] the Lord God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.
• Revelation 22:2in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Trees naturally flourish where there is abundance of water Psalm 1:3.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9As the river flowed, it became deeper and wider. It brought life wherever it went. Even the salty waters of the Dead Sea became fresh and full of life.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. trees--not merely one tree of life as in Paradise (Ge 3:22), but many: to supply immortal food and medicine to the people of God, who themselves also become "trees of righteousness" (Is 61:3) planted by the waters and (Psa 1:3) bearing fruit unto holiness.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 47:7

• Church
• Dead Sea
• Ezekiel
• Gospel
• River
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Euphrates River, the River
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Atonement, Day of
• Bank
• Criticism
• Dead Sea, the
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Number

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings