Ezekiel 47:20

Ezekiel 47:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
• New International Version (NIV)“On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This shall be the west side.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The west side shall be the Great Sea, from the southern boundary until one comes to a point opposite Hamath. This is the west side.

Context of Ezekiel 47:20

18On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus. The Jordan River will serve as the border between Gilead and the land of Israel. The border will continue from the Dead Sea down to Tamar. This is the east side. 19On the south side the border will run from Tamar to the oasis at Meribah in Kadesh along the ravine to the Mediterranean Sea. This is the southern border. On the west side the Mediterranean Sea is the border up to a point opposite Hamath Pass. This is the west side. 21Divide this land among yourselves for each of the tribes of Israel. 22Divide it by drawing lots. This land will be for you. It will also be for the foreign residents who live among you and have given birth to children while they lived with you. Think of them as Israelites. They will draw lots with you for their inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 47:20 word by word

וּפְאַת־יָם֙ הַיָּ֣ם הַגָּד֔וֹל מִגְּב֕וּל עַד־נֹ֖כַח לְב֣וֹא חֲמָ֑ת זֹ֖את פְּאַת־יָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• from the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• till a man comeלְב֥וֹאbô' · Lebo-(Hamath)H935
• over againstנֹ֫כַחnôkach · beforeH5227
• Hamathחֲמָתchămâth · HamathH2574

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The great sea - The Mediterranean. From the border - The southern border, mentioned Ezekiel 47:19.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-20The new promised land's boundaries were similar to those in Numbers 34:1–12. The boundaries stretched from Lebo-hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Jordan River in the east. The people would now fully possess this promised land, which they had never done before. Transjordan, the area east of the Jordan River, was not included. This area was the historic home of Reuben, Gad, and half of…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 47:20

• Canaan
• Mediterranean Sea

In the dictionaries

• Hamath
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Dead Sea, the
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Mediterranean Sea
• 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