Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 47:7
7When I had returned, I saw a very large number of trees along both sides of the riverbank.
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 off a third of a mile, and it was a river that I could not cross on foot. For the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed on foot. 6He asked me, “Do you see this, son of man?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. When I had returned, I saw a very large number of trees along both sides of the riverbank. 8He said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down to the Arabah. When it enters the sea, the sea of foul water, the water of the sea becomes fresh. 9Every kind of living creature that swarms will live wherever the river flows, and there will be a huge number of fish because this water goes there. Since the water will become fresh, there will be life everywhere the river goes.
Read all of Ezekiel 47Ezekiel 47:7 word by word
בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִי וְהִנֵּה֙ אֶל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַנַּ֔חַל עֵ֖ץ רַ֣ב מְאֹ֑ד מִזֶּ֖ה וּמִזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:7
- 1 Kings 9:26King Solomon put together a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.
- 2 Kings 2:13picked up the mantle that had fallen off Elijah, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
- Ezekiel 47:12All kinds of trees providing food will grow along both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fresh fruit because the water comes from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be used for eating and their leaves for healing.”
- Genesis 2:9The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Revelation 22:2down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for healing 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
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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
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