Ezekiel 37:2

Ezekiel 37:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
• New International Version (NIV)He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.

Context of Ezekiel 37:2

1The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by his Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them. There were a great many of them on the surface of the valley, and they were very dry. 3Then he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I replied, “Lord God, only you know.” 4He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!

Ezekiel 37:2 word by word

וְהֶעֱבִירַ֥נִי עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב וְהִנֵּ֨ה רַבּ֤וֹת מְאֹד֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַבִּקְעָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה יְבֵשׁ֥וֹת מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And caused me to passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• by them round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• in the openפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• valleyבִּקְעָהbiq‛âh · valleyH1237
• dryיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · dryH3002

Cross-references for Ezekiel 37:2

• Deuteronomy 11:30Aren’t these mountains across the Jordan, beyond the western road in the land of the Canaanites, who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?
• Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
• Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, turning up rocks, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 37:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2This death scene seemed hopeless. These were not recently dead bodies, but scattered bones, completely dried out. This scene symbolized the people's attitude. Their hopes were not just dead. Their hopes were broken and dried up.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. dry--bleached by long exposure to the atmosphere.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 37:2

• Bones
• Depravity of Man
• Ezekiel
• Regeneration
• Resurrection
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Prophesy
• Wind
• Champaign
• Daniel, Book of
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Kidron, the Brook
• Moses

Commentaries on Ezekiel 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings