Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageHe measured one final thousand — and now it was a river I could not cross. The waters had risen too deep to wade; it was a river made for swimming, impossible to ford.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GHe measured another thousand — a wadi I could not cross, for the waters had swelled: waters deep enough to swim in, a torrent that could not be forded.
KJV
King James VersionAfterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleOnce again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.
Footnotes
*Nachal* denotes a wadi or seasonal torrent-stream — not a placid river but a powerful, surging flow in an arid landscape. FOG uses 'wadi' to preserve this geography; FOG Message uses 'river' for fluency. The verb *ga'u* ('had swelled/risen') conveys overwhelming surge. Theologically, this river — born from the Sanctuary — defies all human measurement and containment: it begins as a trickle beneath a threshold and becomes uncrossable within half a mile. The image speaks to the inexhaustible, ever-deepening outflow of divine life that no human system can measure or manage.
