Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 37:6
6I will put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
Ezekiel 37:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord."
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
Context of Ezekiel 37:6
4He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live. I will put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” 7So I prophesied as I had been commanded. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8As I looked, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
Read all of Ezekiel 37Ezekiel 37:6 word by word
וְנָתַתִּי֩ עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם גִּדִ֜ים וְֽהַעֲלֵתִ֧י עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בָּשָׂ֗ר וְקָרַמְתִּ֤י עֲלֵיכֶם֙ ע֔וֹר וְנָתַתִּ֥י בָכֶ֛ם ר֖וּחַ וִחְיִיתֶ֑ם וִידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will layנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- sinewsגִּידgîyd · sinewH1517
- upon you, and will bring upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
- upon you, and coverקָרַםqâram · to coverH7159
- you with skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
- breathרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
- in you, and ye shall liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- and ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Ezekiel 37:6
- Ezekiel 37:8As I looked, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
- Ezekiel 37:14I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord. I have spoken, and I will do it. This is the declaration of the Lord.’”
- Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity or spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for your detestable practices within you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 11:10You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 20:38I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 28:22You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Look! I am against you, Sidon, and I will display my glory within you. They will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate my holiness through her.
- Ezekiel 32:15When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, so that it is emptied of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 34:27The trees of the field will yield their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; my flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the power of those who enslave them.
- Ezekiel 35:9I will make you a perpetual desolation; your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 38:23I will display my greatness and holiness, and I will reveal myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 39:6“‘I will send fire against Magog and those who live securely on the coasts and islands. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 29:6you did not eat food or drink wine or beer — so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
- 1 Kings 20:28Then the man of God approached and said to the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans have said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over all this whole huge army to you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
- Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your guardians and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who put their hope in me will not be put to shame.
- Joel 2:27You will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 37:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I will lay sinews upon you - Observe the progress: Here are the bones. The ligaments, called here sinews, are to be added in order to unite the bones, that the skeleton might be complete. The flesh (the whole muscular system, the subjacent and superjacent muscles, including the arterial and venous system) clothes this skeleton. The skin (the dermis and epidermis, or cutis and cuticle) envelopes the whole of these muscles or flesh; and now these bodies are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6God wanted these bones to live. He communicated this through the message that Ezekiel was to deliver to the bones. Ezekiel declared they would become living, breathing bodies again, with flesh, muscles, and breath. The word translated as breath can also mean "spirit" or "wind," a wordplay that continues throughout this chapter.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. ye shall know that I am the Lord--by the actual proof of My divinity which I will give in reviving Israel.Read the comment
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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
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