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Contemporary English Version

Ezekiel 47:20

The western border will run north along the Mediterranean Sea to a point just west of Lebo-Hamath.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Mediterranean Sea;   Thompson Chain Reference - Living Water;   Water;   Water of Life;   Wells;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ezekiel, Theology of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Hamath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hamath, Hemath;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Judea;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hamath;   Mediterranean Sea;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Palestine;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
On the west side the Mediterranean Sea will be the border, from the southern border up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western side.
Hebrew Names Version
The west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Hamat. This is the west side.
King James Version
The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
English Standard Version
"On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This shall be the west side.
New American Standard Bible
"And the west side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.
New Century Version
"On the west side the Mediterranean Sea will be the border line up to a place across from Lebo Hamath. This will be the west side of your land.
Amplified Bible
"The west side shall be the Great [Mediterranean] Sea, from the south border to a point opposite Lebo-hamath [north of Mount Hermon]. This is the west side.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The West parte also shalbe the great sea from the border, till a man come ouer against Hamath: this shalbe the West part.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The west side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.
Legacy Standard Bible
"And the west side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.
Berean Standard Bible
And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘The west side will be the Great Sea, as far as across from the entrance to Hamat. This is the west side.
Darby Translation
—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.
Easy-to-Read Version
"On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the border all the way to the area in front of Lebo Hamath. This will be your western border.
George Lamsa Translation
And the border shall run as far as Nacakh which is at the entrance of Hammath. This is the west side.
Good News Translation
"The western boundary is formed by the Mediterranean and runs north to a point west of Hamath Pass.
Lexham English Bible
And on the west side the Great Sea shall be the boundary up to opposite Lebo-Hamath. This is the western boundary.
Literal Translation
And the west side is the Great Sea from the border until beside the entrance of Hamath; this is the west side.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The west parte: namely the greate see from the borders therof, till a man come vnto Hemath: this is the west parte.
American Standard Version
And 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.
Bible in Basic English
And 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the west side shall be the Great Sea, from the border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
King James Version (1611)
The West side also shall be the great Sea from the border, till a man come ouer against Hamath: this is the West side.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The west part also shalbe the great sea, from the borders till a man come ouer against Hamah: this is the west part.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
This part of the great sea forms a border, till one comes opposite the entrance of Emath, even as far as the entrance thereof. These are the parts west of Emath.
English Revised Version
And the west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entering in of Hamath. This is the west side.
World English Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the coost of the see is the greet see, fro the niy coost bi streiyt, til thou come to Emath; this is the coost of the see.
Update Bible Version
And the west side shall be the great sea, from the border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
Webster's Bible Translation
The west side also [shall be] the great sea from the border, till a man cometh over against Hamath. This [is] the west side.
New English Translation
On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This is the west side.
New King James Version
"The west side shall be the Great Sea, from the southern boundary until one comes to a point opposite Hamath. This is the west side.
New Living Translation
"On the west side, the Mediterranean itself will be your border from the southern border to the point where the northern border begins, opposite Lebo-hamath.
New Life Bible
The west side of the land will be the Great Sea, to a place beside Lebo-hamath. This will be the west side.
New Revised Standard
On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This shall be the west side.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And for the west side, the great sea, from the boundary as far as over against the entering in of Hamath - this is the west side.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the side toward the sea, is the great sea from the borders straight on, till thou come to Emath: this is the side of the sea.
Revised Standard Version
"On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point opposite the entrance of Hamath. This shall be the west side.
Young's Literal Translation
`And the west quarter [is] the great sea, from the border till over-against the coming in to Hamath: this [is] the west quarter.
THE MESSAGE
"The western boundary is formed by the Great Mediterranean Sea north to where the road turns east toward the entrance to Hamath. This is the western boundary.

Contextual Overview

13The Lord God said to the people of Israel: When the land is divided among the twelve tribes of Israel, the Joseph tribe will receive two shares. Divide the land equally, because I promised your ancestors that this land would someday belong to their descendants. These are the borders of the land: 15 The northern border will begin at the Mediterranean Sea, then continue eastward to Hethlon, to Lebo-Hamath, then across to Zedad, 16 Berothah, and Sibraim, which is on the border between the two kingdoms of Damascus and Hamath. The border will end at Hazer-Hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 So the northern border will run between the Mediterranean Sea and Hazar-Enon, which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath. 18 The eastern border will begin on the border between the two kingdoms of Hauran and Damascus. It will run south along the Jordan River, which separates the territories of Gilead and Israel, and it will end at the Dead Sea near the town of Tamar. 19 The southern border will begin at Tamar, then run southwest to the springs near Meribath-Kadesh. It will continue along the Egyptian Gorge and will end at the Mediterranean Sea. 20 The western border will run north along the Mediterranean Sea to a point just west of Lebo-Hamath. 21 That is the land to be divided among the tribes of Israel. 22 It will belong to the Israelites and to any foreigners living among them whose children were born in Israel. These foreigners must be treated like any other Israelite citizen, and they will receive 23 a share of the land given to the tribe where they live. I, the Lord God, have spoken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 34:6 - General Joshua 15:12 - the great sea Ezekiel 48:28 - the great sea

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The west side also shall be the great sea from the border,.... From the border of Egypt, and the river of it, to the Mediterranean sea, is the west side of the land, and the western border of it; hence the western point is often expressed in Scripture by the sea:

till a man come over against Hamath; Antioch in Syria; see

Ezekiel 47:16

this is the west side; of the land, and of the western border of it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 47:20. The great sea — The Mediterranean.

From the border — The southern border, mentioned Ezekiel 47:19.


 
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