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

7Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 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. 10And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to 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

• 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 so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
• John 11:26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
• Psalms 78:16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
• John 5:25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
• John 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
• John 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
• John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
• 1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
• Ephesians 2:1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Isaiah 49:12Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
• Isaiah 60:3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Zechariah 2:11And many nations shall be joined to Yhwh in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Yhwh of Armies hath sent me unto thee.
• Zechariah 8:21And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before Yhwh, and to seek Yhwh of Armies: I will go also.
• Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
• Acts 4:4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was 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