Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
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Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
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Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
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Now when I had been brought back, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 47:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 47:12 By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”
- Revelation 22:2 in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
- Genesis 2:9-10 Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
- 1 Kings 9:26 King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
- 2 Kings 2:13 He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, the multitude of them that should be refreshed…
Meaning, the multitude of them that should be refreshed by the spiritual waters.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at…
Eze 47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Ver. 7. Behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees.] These were trees of righteousness, fruitful Christians. Arboretum Christi est Ecclesia. The trees of Christ are the churches. See Psa 1:3; Psa 92:12 Isa 44:3-5; Isa 55:11-13 Jer 17:8 Rev 22:2, where and elsewhere it is easy to observe that John the Divine borroweth the elegancies and flowers of this and other prophets in his description of the Church Christian.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In his first coming he observed no trees, and…
In his first coming he observed no trees, and no mention is made of any, but it seems he found them on his return: though they do not really so soon grow, they might be visionally there.
At the bank of the river, where usually, for delight and ornament, and for profit too, men plant trees. Very many trees; the kinds are not mentioned, though (he excellency of them is commended, Eze 47:12, but the multitude of them is mentioned, and the growth intimated, in the Hebrew; and perhaps the uniformity of them, which seemed as of one tree, for so it is, the singular number, in the Hebrew.
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On the one side and on the other; on the north and south sides, for the river ran from east to west.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now when I had returned,.... To the brink of…
Now when I had returned,.... To the brink of the river:
behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side, and on the other; here was a new wonder observed, which had not been before; and therefore this note of admiration, "behold!" is prefixed; on a sudden sprung up trees on each side of the river, of a perfect stature, and full of fruit; which the prophet had not seen when he went along with the man on the bank of it, as he measured the waters; but now being returned, sees this wonderful sight; an emblem of true Christians, believers, and regenerate persons, who are trees of righteousness, planted by the river of divine love; watered with the grace of God, and doctrines of the Gospel; whereby they become fruitful in good works, and are to be seen wherever the Gospel comes with power and efficacy; see Psa 1:3, or, "an exceeding large tree" (e); so John saw but one tree, which was on each side of the river, which he calls the tree of life, Rev 22:2, but here it seems to be put for many, as appears from Eze 47:12.
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(e) "arbor multa admodum", Cocceius, Starckius.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Trees naturally flourish where there is abundance of water…
Trees naturally flourish where there is abundance of water Psa 1:3.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain trees--not merely one tree of life as in Paradise…
trees--not merely one tree of life as in Paradise (Gen 3:22), but many: to supply immortal food and medicine to the people of God, who themselves also become "trees of righteousness" (Isa 61:3) planted by the waters and (Psa 1:3) bearing fruit unto holiness.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. Both banks of the wady, as is everywhere…
7. Both banks of the wady, as is everywhere seen, were covered with trees.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Very many trees.—In the corresponding vision of Rev_22:2…
(7) Very many trees.—In the corresponding vision of Rev_22:2 the same thought is symbolised by the “tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Now when I had returned ynibeWvB is by the…
Now when I had returned ynibeWvB is by the best interpreters, after Gesenius ("Hebrew Grammar," 2), regarded as an incorrect form for ybiWvB (literally, in my returning), though Schroder adheres to the transitive sense of the verb, and translates," when I had turned myself," and Hitzig takes the suffix yni as a genitive of possession, and renders, "when he came back with me." In any case, on the return journey the prophet observed that at (or, on) the bank (or, lip) of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. Hitzig supposes the trees had not been there when the prophet made the down journey, but sprang up when he had turned to his guide (ver. 6), and stood with his back to the river. Kliefoth"s conclusion is better, that the trees had been there all the while, but that the prophet"s attention had not been directed to them. The luxuriant foliage of this vision reappears in that of the Apocalyptic river. (Rev_22:2)
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