Ezekiel 37:8

Ezekiel 37:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
• New International Version (NIV)I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.

Context of Ezekiel 37:8

6I will join you together and I will put meat on you. I will cover you with skin. I will put breath into you and you will become alive. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ’ 7So I prophesied, as the Lord had commanded me to do. While I was still speaking, there was a noise. It was the sound of the bones as they knocked against each other when they joined together. While I watched, I saw meat come and join to the bones. Then skin covered them. But there was no breath in them yet. 9Then the Lord said to me, ‘Prophesy to the wind, son of man. Speak my message to the wind. Say, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Blow from all directions and put breath into these dead bodies! Cause them to become alive again.” ’ 10So I spoke the message that the Lord had commanded me to speak. Breath went into those dead bodies and they became alive. They stood up on their feet. They were as many as a great army.

Ezekiel 37:8 word by word

וְרָאִ֜יתִי וְהִנֵּֽה־עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם גִּדִים֙ וּבָשָׂ֣ר עָלָ֔ה וַיִּקְרַ֧ם עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם ע֖וֹר מִלְמָ֑עְלָה וְר֖וּחַ אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when I beheldרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• lo, the sinewsגִּידgîyd · sinewH1517
• and the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upon them, and the skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• coveredקָרַםqâram · to coverH7159
• them aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• no breathרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307

Commentaries on Ezekiel 37:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Ezekiel followed his task to prophesy to the bones, and they formed complete bodies. However, a body with bones, muscles, flesh, and skin is still lifeless. These people needed breath to live, as described in Genesis 2:7.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. So far, they were only cohering in order as unsightly skeletons. The next step, that of covering them successively with sinews, skin, and flesh, gives them beauty; but still "no breath" of life in them. This may imply that Israel hereafter, as at the restoration from Babylon was the case in part, shall return to Judea unconverted at first (Zec 13:8, 9). Spiritually: a man may assume all the semblances of spiritual life, yet have none, and so be dead…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 37:8

• Bones
• Ezekiel
• Regeneration
• Resurrection
• Sinews
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Prophesy
• Wind
• Breath; Breathe; Breathing
• 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