Ezekiel 47:9

Ezekiel 47:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
• New International Version (NIV)Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes.

Context of Ezekiel 47:9

7When 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. Every 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. 10Fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim. These will become places where nets are spread out to dry. Their fish will consist of many different kinds, like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. 11Yet its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be left for salt.

Ezekiel 47:9 word by word

וְהָיָ֣ה כָל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֣ה׀ אֲֽשֶׁר־יִשְׁרֹ֡ץ אֶ֣ל כָּל־אֲשֶׁר֩ יָב֨וֹא שָׁ֤ם נַחֲלַ֙יִם֙ יִֽחְיֶ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה הַדָּגָ֖ה רַבָּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד כִּי֩ בָ֨אוּ שָׁ֜מָּה הַמַּ֣יִם הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְיֵרָֽפְאוּ֙ וָחָ֔י כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יָ֥בוֹא שָׁ֖מָּה הַנָּֽחַל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• every thingנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: animalH5315
• that livethחַיchay · aliveH2416
• which movethשָׁרַץshârats · to swarmH8317
• whithersoever the riversנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• shall liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• and there shall be a veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• multitude of fishדָּגָהdâgâh · fishH1710
• because these watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• thither: for they shall be healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• and every thing shall liveחָיַיchâyay · to liveH2425

Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:9

• John 3:16For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
• John 11:26Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
• Psalms 78:16He brought streams out of the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
• John 5:25“Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
• John 6:63The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
• John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.
• John 14:6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
• Romans 8:2because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
• 1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written, The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
• Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins
• Isaiah 49:12See, these will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Sinim.
• Isaiah 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to your shining brightness.
• Zechariah 2:11“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
• Zechariah 8:21the residents of one city will go to another, saying: Let’s go at once to plead for the Lord’s favor and to seek the Lord of Armies. I am also going.
• Acts 2:41So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.
• Acts 4:4But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Every thing - whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live - Life and salvation shall continually accompany the preaching of the Gospel; the death of sin being removed, the life of righteousness shall be brought in. There shall be a very great multitude of fish - On the above plan this must refer to genuine converts to the Christian faith; true believers, who have got life and salvation by the streams of God's grace. The apostles were fishers of men…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The rivers - literally, as in the margin. Perhaps with reference to the circumstance that this “brook or river” is to come into the Dead Sea through the same plain as the Jordan. The one river (Jordan) always flowed, but now, when another river comes in, and “two rivers” flow into the sea, the waters shall be healed.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. 99. rivers--in Hebrew, "two rivers." Hence Hebrew expositors think that the waters from the temple were divided into two branches, the one emptying itself into the eastern or Dead Sea, the other into the western or Mediterranean. So Zec 14:8. However, though this probably is covertly implied in the Hebrew dual, the flowing of the waters into the Dead Sea only is expressed. Compare Eze 47:8, "waters ... healed," which can apply only to it, not to the…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 47:9

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

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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