Ezekiel 47:7
New International Version
When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river.

New Living Translation
When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.

English Standard Version
As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Berean Standard Bible
When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.

King James Bible
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

New King James Version
When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many trees on one side and the other.

New American Standard Bible
Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

NASB 1995
Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

NASB 1977
Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Legacy Standard Bible
When I had returned, now behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Amplified Bible
Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Christian Standard Bible
When I had returned, I saw a very large number of trees along both sides of the riverbank.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When I had returned, I saw a very large number of trees along both sides of the riverbank.

American Standard Version
Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And as I sat, I saw on the bank of the torrent very many trees, on this and on that side

Brenton Septuagint Translation
as I returned; and, behold, on the brink of the river there were very many trees on this side and on that side.

Contemporary English Version
where I saw dozens of trees on each side.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when I had turned myself, behold on the bank of the torrent were very many trees on both sides.

English Revised Version
Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the man led me back along the bank of the river. As I went back, I saw many trees on both sides of the river.

Good News Translation
and when I got there, I saw that there were very many trees on each bank.

International Standard Version
As we were coming back, I was amazed to see that there were many, many trees lining both banks of the river.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
In my turning back, then, behold, at the edge of the stream [are] very many trees, on this side and on that side.

Majority Standard Bible
When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.

New American Bible
As I was returning, I saw along the bank of the river a great many trees on each side.

NET Bible
When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides.

New Revised Standard Version
As I came back, I saw on the bank of the river a great many trees on the one side and on the other.

New Heart English Bible
Now when I had returned, look, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

World English Bible
Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Young's Literal Translation
In my turning back, then, lo, at the edge of the stream are very many trees, on this side and on that side.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Waters from Under the Temple
6“Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river. 8And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.…

Cross References
Exodus 15:25
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

Isaiah 60:13
The glory of Lebanon will come to you--its cypress, elm, and boxwood together--to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.

Isaiah 60:21
Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

Isaiah 61:3
to console the mourners in Zion--to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Ezekiel 47:12
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing."


Treasury of Scripture

Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

bank [heb] lip

1 Kings 9:26
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

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 Jordan;

many

Ezekiel 47:12
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

Genesis 2:9,10
And out of the ground made the LORD 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 knowledge of good and evil…

Revelation 22:2
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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(7) Very many trees.--In the corresponding vision of Revelation 22:2 the same thought is symbolised by the "tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits."

Verse 7. - Now when I had returned בְּשׁוּבֵנִי is by the best interpreters, after Gesenius ('Hebrew Grammar,' § 132. 2), regarded as an incorrect form for בְּשׁוּבִי (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 נִי 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 (Revelation 22:2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When I arrived,
בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִי (bə·šū·ḇê·nî)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

I saw
וְהִנֵּה֙ (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

a great
מְאֹ֑ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

number of
רַ֣ב (raḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

trees
עֵ֖ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

along both
מִזֶּ֖ה (miz·zeh)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

banks
שְׂפַ֣ת (śə·p̄aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

of the river.
הַנַּ֔חַל (han·na·ḥal)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft


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