God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 36:27
27I will put my Spirit in you. I will enable you to live by my laws, and you will obey my rules.
Ezekiel 36:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
- New International Version (NIV)And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
Context of Ezekiel 36:27
25I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols. 26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stubborn hearts and give you obedient hearts. I will put my Spirit in you. I will enable you to live by my laws, and you will obey my rules. 28Then you will live in the land that I gave your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God. 29I will rescue you from all your uncleanness. I will make the grain grow so that you will never again have famines.
Read all of Ezekiel 36Ezekiel 36:27 word by word
וְאֶת־רוּחִ֖י אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֗יתִי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־בְּחֻקַּי֙ תֵּלֵ֔כוּ וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥י תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- my spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
- withinקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- you, and causeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- you to walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- in my statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
- and ye shall keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: carefulH8104
- my judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:27
- Ezekiel 37:14I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’ ”
- Ezekiel 39:29I will no longer hide my face from them, because I will pour out my Spirit on the nation of Israel, declares the Almighty Lord.”
- Proverbs 1:23“Turn to me when I warn you. I will generously pour out my spirit for you. I will make my words known to you.
- Isaiah 44:3I will pour water on thirsty ground and rain on dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your descendants.
- Isaiah 59:21“This is my promise to them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I put in your mouth will not leave you. They will be with your children and your grandchildren permanently,” says the Lord.
- Joel 2:28“After this, I will pour my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
- Zechariah 12:10“I will pour out the Spirit of blessing and mercy on David’s family and on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look at me, whom they have stabbed. Then they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will cry bitterly for him as one cries for a firstborn son.
- Luke 11:13Even though you’re evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. So how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
- Romans 8:9But if God’s Spirit lives in you, you are under the control of your spiritual nature, not your corrupt nature. Whoever doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ doesn’t belong to him.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
- Galatians 5:5However, in our spiritual nature, faith causes us to wait eagerly for the confidence that comes with God’s approval.
- Ephesians 1:13You heard and believed the message of truth, the Good News that he has saved you. In him you were sealed with the Holy Spirit whom he promised.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13We always have to thank God for you, brothers and sisters. You are loved by the Lord and we thank God that in the beginning he chose you to be saved through a life of spiritual devotion and faith in the truth.
- 1 Peter 1:2God the Father knew you long ago and chose you to live holy lives with the Spirit’s help so that you are obedient to Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. May good will and peace fill your lives!
- 1 John 3:24Those who obey Christ’s commandments live in God, and God lives in them. We know that he lives in us because he has given us the Spirit.
- Ezekiel 27:24In your marketplace they traded for beautiful clothes, purple robes, embroidered cloth, and many multicolored rugs with woven and twisted cords.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27And I will put my Spirit within you - To keep the heart of flesh alive, the feeling heart still sensible, the loving heart still happy. I will put my Spirit, the great principle of light, life, and love, within you, to actuate the new spirit, and to influence the new affections and passions; that the animal spirit may not become brutish, that the mental powers become not foolish. I will put my Spirit within you, so that as the new spirit may influence the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-38Verses 25-38 Water is an emblem of the cleansing our polluted souls from sin. But no water can do more than take away the filth of the flesh. Water seems in general the sacramental sign of the sanctifying influences of the Holy Ghost; yet this is always connected with the atoning blood of Christ. When the latter is applied by faith to the conscience, to cleanse it from evil works, the former is always applied to the powers of the soul, to purify it from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28The spirit of God would bring life and light from darkness and chaos (see Genesis 1:2). This would give people a new ability to follow God's rules and regulations. In the past, God's Spirit empowered individuals for specific tasks in service to the Lord (see Judges 3:10; 1 Samuel 16:13). In the future, God's Spirit would empower more people to live holy lives (see Joel 2:28–29). These renewed people would live in Israel, making it suitable for God's…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. my spirit--(Eze 11:19; Jr 32:39). The partial reformation at the return from Babylon (Ezr 10:6, &c.; Ne 8:1-9:38) was an earnest of the full renewal hereafter under Messiah.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 36
- 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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