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Ezekiel 47:8

Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

KJV

Et ait ad me : Aquæ istæ quæ egrediuntur ad tumulos sabuli orientalis, et descendunt ad plana deserti, intrabunt mare et exibunt : et sanabuntur aquæ.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦτο τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον εἰς τὴν Γαλειλαίαν τὴν πρὸς ἀνατολάς, καὶ κατέβαινεν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀραβίαν, καὶ ἤρχετο ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς διεκβολῆς, καὶ ὑγιάσει τὰ ὕδατα,

LXX

Then 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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗/י הַ/מַּ֤יִם הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ יוֹצְאִ֗ים אֶל הַ/גְּלִילָה֙ הַ/קַּדְמוֹנָ֔ה וְ/יָרְד֖וּ עַל הָֽ/עֲרָבָ֑ה וּ/בָ֣אוּ הַ/יָּ֔מָּ/ה אֶל הַ/יָּ֥מָּ/ה הַ/מּֽוּצָאִ֖ים ו/נרפאו וְ/נִרְפּ֥וּ הַ/מָּֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גְּלִילָה֙
glylh
noun · 4×
ה
h
noun · 393×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 69×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עַֽרְבֹ֣ת
'rbt
noun · 61×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קַּדְמוֹנָ֔ה
qdmvnh
adjective · 1×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 2:19 — And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
  • Deut 3:17 — The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
  • Deut 4:49 — And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
  • Isa 35:1 — The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
  • Isa 35:7 — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
  • Isa 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
  • Isa 43:20 — The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
  • Isa 44:3 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
  • Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
  • Josh 3:16 — That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea,
  • Josh 15:2 — And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
  • Mal 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my nam
  • Matt 12:43 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
  • Rev 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 fo