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

17So the border from the sea will be Hazar-enon at the border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern side. 18The east side, between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead and the land of Israel, will be by the Jordan. You will measure from the northern border to the eastern sea. This will be the eastern side. The south side southward will be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the Wadi of Egypt and to the Great Sea. This will be the southern side toward the south. 20The west side will be the Great Sea, from the southern border as far as the front of the entrance of Hamath. This will be the western side. 21You are to divide this land for yourselves 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

Words taken from the KJV.

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

Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:19

• Ezekiel 48:28Next to the territory of Gad, at the south side southward, the border will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Wadi, to the Great Sea.
• Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah where Bnei-Yisrael contended with Moses, and where Adonai showed Himself holy among them.
• Deuteronomy 32:51because you both broke faith with Me among Bnei-Yisrael at the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of Bnei-Yisrael.
• Deuteronomy 33:8For Levi he said, ‘Let Your Thummim and Urim be with Your pious man. You tested him at Massah, You strived with him at the waters of Meribah.’
• Psalms 81:7“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, his hands were set free from the basket.
• Joshua 12:3and the Arabah up to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, eastward the way to Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.

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