Ezekiel 47:5

Ezekiel 47:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
• New International Version (NIV)He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Again 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Again he measured one thousand, and it was a river that I could not cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim, a river that could not be crossed.

Context of Ezekiel 47:5

3Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles. 4He measured off another 1,750 feet and led me across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist. Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to walk across. It was deep enough to swim in, but too deep to walk through. 6He asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank. 7When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.

Ezekiel 47:5 word by word

וַיָּ֣מָד אֶ֔לֶף נַ֕חַל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־אוּכַ֖ל לַעֲבֹ֑ר כִּֽי־גָא֤וּ הַמַּ֙יִם֙ מֵ֣י שָׂ֔חוּ נַ֖חַל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יֵעָבֵֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Afterward he measuredמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• a riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• that I couldיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• not pass overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• for the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• were risenגָּאָהgâ'âh · to rise upH1342
• to swim inשָׂחוּώâchû · swimmingH7813

Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:5

• Isaiah 11:9Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the Lord.
• Daniel 2:34As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits.
• Habakkuk 2:14For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the Lord.
• Matthew 13:31Here is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field.
• Revelation 7:9After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands.
• Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: “The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.”
• Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The rivers in Palestine were for the most part mere watercourses, dry in summer, in winter carrying the water along the wadys to the sea. The river of the vision is to have a continuous flow. Waters to swim in - When under Constantine the Roman empire had become Christian, the Church may be contemplated as the full river, to flow on through time until the final completion of Isaiah‘s prophecy Isaiah 11:9.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5At first, the stream was only a small trickle flowing from the temple gate. As it moved farther away, it grew deeper and deeper. Soon it became too deep to walk through. The exiles needed this reminder. God often begins his work in small and quiet ways. Over time, what seems small can grow into something full and powerful by God’s action.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 47:5

• Church
• Ezekiel
• Gentiles
• Gospel
• River
• Vision
• Water

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
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• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
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• River

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