English Standard Version
Ezekiel 47:7
7As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.
Context of Ezekiel 47:7
5Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. 6And he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river. As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8And he said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh. 9And 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.
Read all of Ezekiel 47Ezekiel 47:7 word by word
בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִי וְהִנֵּה֙ אֶל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַנַּ֔חַל עֵ֖ץ רַ֣ב מְאֹ֑ד מִזֶּ֖ה וּמִזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:7
- 1 Kings 9:26King Solomon built 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 2:13And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
- Ezekiel 47:12And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing."
- Genesis 2:9And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Revelation 22:2through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. 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
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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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