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Waters from under the Temple

Ezekiel 47:7

In 11 translations

BSB
When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.
KJV
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
WEB
Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
ASV
Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
LSV
In my turning back, then, behold, at the edge of the stream [are] very many trees, on this side and on that side.
YLT
In my turning back, then, lo, at the edge of the stream [are] very many trees, on this side and on that side.
DBY
When I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
DRC
And when I had turned myself, behold on the bank of the torrent were very many trees on both sides.
GNV
Nowe when I returned, beholde, at the brinke of the riuer were very many trees on the one side, and on the other.
JPS
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.
LXXE
as I returned; and, behold, on the brink of the river there were very many trees on this side and on that side.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִי וְהִנֵּה֙ אֶל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַנַּ֔חַל עֵ֖ץ רַ֣ב מְאֹ֑ד מִזֶּ֖ה וּמִזֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
ἐν τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ μου· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπὶ τοῦ χείλους τοῦ ποταμοῦ δένδρα πολλὰ σφόδρα ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν.

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  • Ezekiel 47:12Along 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…
  • Revelation 22:2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing…
  • Genesis 2:9–10Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now a river…
  • 1 Kings 9:26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
  • 2 Kings 2:13Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

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