Ezekiel 47:7
What does Ezekiel 47:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 47:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he took me back, and I saw at the edge of the river a very great number of trees on this side and on that.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In my turning back, then, lo, at the edge of the stream <FI>are<Fi> very many trees, on this side and on that side.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when I had turned myself, behold on the bank of the torrent were very many trees on both sides.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Context
v.6And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river.
v.7This passage
v.8Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 47:12
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.
- 2 Kings 2:13
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
- Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- 1 Kings 9:26
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
- Revelation 22:2
in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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