Ezekiel 47:19

Ezekiel 47:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
• New International Version (NIV)“On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"On the south side, it shall run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah-kadesh, from there along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This shall be the south side.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The south side, toward the South, shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. This is the south side, toward the South.

Context of Ezekiel 47:19

17And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. 18And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border to the east sea. And this is the east side. And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. 20The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man cometh opposite Hamath. This is the west side. 21So shall ye divide this land to you according to the tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 47:19 word by word

וּפְאַת֙ נֶ֣גֶב תֵּימָ֔נָה מִתָּמָ֗ר עַד־מֵי֙ מְרִיב֣וֹת קָדֵ֔שׁ נַחֲלָ֖ה אֶל־הַיָּ֣ם הַגָּד֑וֹל וְאֵ֥ת פְּאַת־תֵּימָ֖נָה נֶֽגְבָּה׃Read the interlinear

• southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045
• sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• southwardתֵּימָןtêymân têmân · southH8486
• Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• strifeמְרִיבָהmerîybâh · provocationH4808
• strifeמְרִיבָהmerîybâh · MeribahH4809
• Kadeshקָדֵשׁqâdêsh · (Meribath)-kadeshH6946
• riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · BrookH5158
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:19

• Ezekiel 48:28And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
• Numbers 20:13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
• Deuteronomy 32:51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst tempt at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
• Psalms 81:7Thou didst call in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
• Joshua 12:3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Tamar - Called Hazazon Tamar, or Engedi, 2 Chronicles 20:2. The river - Besor, which runs into the sea near Gaza.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The south border (compare Numbers 34:4) commences with “Tamar,” probably a village near the southern end of the Dead Sea. The word means “palm-tree;” and is given to more than one city in the holy land. The river to the great sea - literally, “riverward to the great sea.” By the “river” is meant the torrent-stream entering the Mediterranean near “Rhinocolura” (El Arish).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. 1919. Tamar--not Tadmor in the desert, but Tamar, the last town of Judea, by the Dead Sea. Meaning "palm tree"; so called from palm trees abounding near it.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 47:19

• Canaan
• Egypt
• Tamar

In the dictionaries

• Kadesh
• Tamar
• Euphrates River, the River
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Waters of Strife
• River of Egypt
• Tadmor
• Atonement, Day of
• Cities of the Plain; Ciccar
• Criticism

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