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Ezekiel 37:3
3And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”
Ezekiel 37:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
- New International Version (NIV)He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, you know."
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”
Context of Ezekiel 37:3
1The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” 4Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
Read all of Ezekiel 37Ezekiel 37:3 word by word
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הֲתִחְיֶ֖ינָה הָעֲצָמ֣וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה וָאֹמַ֕ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה יָדָֽעְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 37:3
- John 6:5Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”
- Deuteronomy 32:29Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
- 1 Samuel 2:6“The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.
- John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
- Acts 26:8Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
- Romans 4:17(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
- 2 Corinthians 1:9Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
- Hebrews 11:19concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 37:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Can these bones live? - Is it possible that the persons whose bones these are can return to life?Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Son of man, can these bones come to life?: The expected answer was no, but Ezekiel knew that God's power is unlimited. So, he asked God the question again. The real issue was not if the Lord could make these bones live, but if he wanted to do so.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. can these bones live? ... thou knowest--implying that, humanly speaking, they could not; but faith leaves the question of possibility to rest with God, with whom nothing is impossible (De 32:39). An image of Christian faith which believes in the coming general resurrection of the dead, in spite of all appearances against it, because God has said it (Joh 5:21; Ro 4:17; 2Co 1:9).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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