New English Translation
Ezekiel 37:6
6I will put tendons on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath in you and you will live. 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
4Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath into you and you will live. I will put tendons on you and muscles over you and will 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. There was a sound when I prophesied – I heard a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8As I watched, I saw tendons on them, then muscles appeared, and skin covered over them from above, 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 watched, I saw tendons on them, then muscles appeared, and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath in them.
- Ezekiel 37:14I will place my breath in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord – I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.’”
- Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 7:4My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the Lord!
- Ezekiel 11:10You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 20:38I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 28:22Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her.
- Ezekiel 32:15When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation and the land is destitute of everything that fills it, when I strike all those who live in it, then they will know that I am the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 34:27The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
- Ezekiel 35:9I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 38:23I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 39:6I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 29:6You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer – all so that you might know that I am the Lord your God!
- 1 Kings 20:28The prophet visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
- Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
- Joel 2:27You will be convinced that I am in the midst of Israel. I am the Lord your God; 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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