Ezekiel 37:3
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
2 He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.
Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”
4 And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
5 This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”
- KJV
- And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
- WEB
- He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord GOD, you know.”
- ASV
- And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
- DARBY
- And he said unto me, Son of man, Shall these bones live? And I said, Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
- BLB
- And He said to me: “Son of man, Can these bones live?” And I said, “O Lord YHWH, You know.”
- ÅB
- Og han sa til meg: Menneskesønn! Skal disse ben bli levende? Jeg svarte: Herre, Israels Gud, du vet det!
- OTB
- Han spurte meg: «Menneskesønn, kan disse benene leve?» Jeg svarte: «Suverene Herre, bare Du vet.»
- B1930
- Og han sa til mig: Menneskesønn! Skal disse ben bli levende? Jeg svarte: Herre, Israels Gud, du vet det!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 11:25–26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
Read in contextJohn 5:21
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:39
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
Read in contextRomans 4:17
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
Read in contextHebrews 11:19
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:9–10
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
Read in contextActs 26:8
Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
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