Ezekiel 47:2

Ezekiel 47:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
• New International Version (NIV)He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer gateway that faces east; and there was water, running out on the right side.

Context of Ezekiel 47:2

1The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple. There I saw water that was pouring out from under the entrance. It was pouring towards the east. (The front entrance of the temple opened towards the east.) The river of water came from under the south side of the temple. It went past the south side of the altar. The man took me out through the north gate of the temple. We went around the outside to the gate that opens towards the east. There I saw a small stream of water. It was coming out from the south side of the gate. 3The man went towards the east. He measured 500 metres in that direction. He took me through the water there. The water was as high as my ankles. 4Then he measured another 500 metres along the stream. He took me through the water again. Here, the water was as high as my knees. He measured another 500 metres. He took me through the water and it was now as high as my belt.

Ezekiel 47:2 word by word

וַיּוֹצִאֵנִי֮ דֶּֽרֶךְ־שַׁ֣עַר צָפוֹנָה֒ וַיְסִבֵּ֙נִי֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ ח֔וּץ אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר הַח֔וּץ דֶּ֖רֶךְ הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה קָדִ֑ים וְהִנֵּה־מַ֣יִם מְפַכִּ֔ים מִן־הַכָּתֵ֖ף הַיְמָנִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then brought he me outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• of the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• of the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• northwardצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• and led me aboutסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• without unto the utterחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• that lookethפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• eastwardקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
• and, behold, there ran outפָּכָהpâkâh · to trickleH6379
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• on the rightיְמָנִיyemânîy · right: southH3233
• sideכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802

Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:2

• Ezekiel 44:2The Lord said to me, ‘This gate must stay shut. Nobody may go through it. Nobody may open it again. The Lord, Israel's God, has gone through it. So it must stay shut.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2There ran out waters - מפכים מים mayim mephaccim, the waters seem to have been at first in small quantity; for the words imply that they oozed or dropped out. They were at first so small that they came guttatim, drop by drop; but they increased so, that they became a river in which one could swim.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Out of the way of the gate northward - Rather, by the way of the northward gate.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12Once the temple was restored to its central place among God’s people, its life-giving influence would flow outward. Ezekiel pictures this influence as a river. As the river moves away from the temple, it brings change. It turns places of death into places of life.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-23The happy fruit to the earth at large of God's dwelling with Israel in holy fellowship is that the blessing is no longer restricted to the one people and locality, but is to be diffused with comprehensive catholicity through the whole world. So the plant from the cedar of Lebanon is represented as gathering under its shelter "all fowl of every wing" (Eze 17:23). Even the desert places of the earth shall be made fruitful by the healing waters of the Gospel…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 47:2

• Church
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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