Ezekiel 47 · Verse 20

Ezekiel 47:20

The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
Ezekiel 47:20, King James Version

Ezekiel 47:20 in other translations

BSBAnd on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.
WEB“The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
ASVAnd the west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
YLT‘And the west quarter is the great sea, from the border till over-against the coming in to Hamath: this is the west quarter.
DARBY— And the west side shall be the great sea from the border, as far as over against the entering into Hamath: this is the west side.
BBEAnd the west side will be the Great Sea, from the limit on the south to a point opposite the way into Hamath. This is the west side.
WebsterThe west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man cometh over against Hamath. This is the west side.

What does Ezekiel 47:20 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 The great sea - The Mediterranean. From the border - The southern border, mentioned Eze 47:19.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 47:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּפְאַת\־u.fe.'at-and [the] side ofH6285
יָם֙yam[the] westH3220
הַיָּ֣םhai.Yam[is] the seaH3220
הַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419
מִגְּב֕וּלmi.ge.Vulfrom [the] borderH1366
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
נֹ֖כַחNo.khachoppositeH5227
לְב֣וֹאle.Vo'LeboH935
חֲמָ֑תcha.MatHamathH2574
זֹ֖אתzotthisH2063
פְּאַת\־pe.'at-[is the] side ofH6285
יָֽם\׃Yam[the] westH3220

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 47:20

  • Ezekiel 48:1

    Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

  • Numbers 34:6

    And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 47:19

    And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

  • Ezekiel 47:20

    The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

  • Ezekiel 47:21

    So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

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Ezekiel 47:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y al lado del occidente la gran mar será el término hasta en derecho para venir á Hamath: este será el lado del occidente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le côté de l’occident: la grande mer, depuis la frontière jusque vis-à-vis de l’entrée de Hamath; c’est le côté de l’occident.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Westseite: das große Meer, von der Südgrenze, bis man Hamath gegenüber kommt; das ist die Westseite. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et plaga maris, mare magnum a confinio per directum, donec venias Emath: hæc est plaga maris.