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 put ligaments on you, place muscles on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ” 7So I prophesied as I was commanded. While I was prophesying, suddenly there was a rattling noise, and the bones came together, one bone ⌞attaching itself⌟ to another. As I looked, I saw that ligaments were on them, muscles were on them, and skin covered them. Yet, there was no breath in them. 9Then the Lord said to me, “Prophesy to the breath! Prophesy, son of man. Tell the breath, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Come from the four winds, Breath, and breathe on these people who were killed so that they will live.’ ” 10So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath entered them. Then they came to life and stood on their feet. There were enough of them to form a very large 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
• Daniel, Book of
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Kidron, the Brook
• Moses
• Regeneration

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